Almost a week and a half after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, about half of the island’s 3.4 million residents still lack access to clean drinking water, according to the U.S. Department of Defense, while 95 percent remain without power.
Trump then broadened his attack on the news media, accusing the networks of hindering recovery efforts.
“I know the people of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are suffering,” Duke told a news conference in San Juan.
I am proud of the work that’s being done.
“The president and I will not be satisfied, however, until every Puerto Rican is back home, the power is back on, clean water is freely available, schools and hospitals are fully open, and the Puerto Rican economy is working,” the secretary said.

Almost a week and a half after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, about half of the island’s 3.4 million residents still lack access to clean drinking water, according to the U.S. Department of Defense, while 95 percent remain without power.
Trump then broadened his attack on the news media, accusing the networks of hindering recovery efforts.
“I know the people of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are suffering,” Duke told a news conference in San Juan.
I am proud of the work that’s being done.
“The president and I will not be satisfied, however, until every Puerto Rican is back home, the power is back on, clean water is freely available, schools and hospitals are fully open, and the Puerto Rican economy is working,” the secretary said.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – A week after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico, most of its 3.4 million residents are scrambling to find clean water, with experts concerned about a looming public health crisis posed by the island’s damaged water system.
But the island does not have nearly enough generators to perform this work, utility officials say, while fuel to run them is scarce.
At the water line in Canovanas, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of the capital San Juan, people dunked bottles into larger containers still filling with water to make the most of their turn at the tanker.
A woman drinks from a bottle after filling it with water from a tank truck at an area hit by Hurricane Maria in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, September 26, 2017.
Even before the hurricane, Puerto Rico had a troubled water system.
The situation has only become worse with Maria, which has crippled sewage treatment plants and made the island’s already leaky pipes even more prone to contamination.
Last year, it entered into an agreement to plead guilty to an indictment charging 15 felony counts of violating the federal Clean Water Act through the illegal discharge of pollutants from nine sanitary wastewater treatment plants and five drinking water treatment plants, U.S. authorities said in December.
Negroni, 72, said he figures they will not have water service or electricity restored for weeks.
“I can make coffee,” Negroni said.

DENVER – Nearly 100,000 cans of safe drinking water are being flown in to Puerto Rico, the US territory recently ravaged by Hurricane Maria.
Two local companies, Frontier Airlines and Oskar Blues Brewery, are teaming up with the CAN’d Air Foundation to provide some relief to residents.
Frontier expects to continue to deliver water via flights that depart from Denver International Airport and connect to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
According to the CAN’d Aid Foundation, 44 percent of Puerto Rico’s population is currently without drinking water.
The Category four hurricane blasted the island with devastating winds, rain and flooding that resulted in loss of power, services, contaminated and broken water supplies.
Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority officials stated that potable water won’t be available island-wide until power is restored, which could take months.
“We’re fortunate to be in a position to help,” stated Dale Katechis, Founder of CAN’d Aid Foundation and Oskar Blues Brewery.
“With the hard to reach nature of Puerto Rico we are in a unique position where we can partner with Oskar Blues and CAN’d Aid to provide quick delivery of safe and clean drinking water to the people of Puerto Rico,” said Frontier Spokesman Richard Oliver.
CAN’d Aid Foundation and Oskar Blues Brewery have distributed 433,000 cans of clean drinking water to those in need after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

DENVER – Nearly 100,000 cans of safe drinking water are being flown in to Puerto Rico, the US territory recently ravaged by Hurricane Maria.
Two local companies, Frontier Airlines and Oskar Blues Brewery, are teaming up with the CAN’d Air Foundation to provide some relief to residents.
Frontier expects to continue to deliver water via flights that depart from Denver International Airport and connect to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
According to the CAN’d Aid Foundation, 44 percent of Puerto Rico’s population is currently without drinking water.
The Category four hurricane blasted the island with devastating winds, rain and flooding that resulted in loss of power, services, contaminated and broken water supplies.
Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority officials stated that potable water won’t be available island-wide until power is restored, which could take months.
“We’re fortunate to be in a position to help,” stated Dale Katechis, Founder of CAN’d Aid Foundation and Oskar Blues Brewery.
“With the hard to reach nature of Puerto Rico we are in a unique position where we can partner with Oskar Blues and CAN’d Aid to provide quick delivery of safe and clean drinking water to the people of Puerto Rico,” said Frontier Spokesman Richard Oliver.
CAN’d Aid Foundation and Oskar Blues Brewery have distributed 433,000 cans of clean drinking water to those in need after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

Israeli technology that captures humidity to supply potable water out of the air will be sent to Puerto Rico to help the island with the water scarcity it has been dealing with as a result of the devastation caused by hurricane Maria.
On Wednesday afternoon, David Efron, Israel’s honorary consul in Puerto Rico, said he was making the relevant arrangements for the machine to be delivered from Miami. The Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration (PRFAA) is also cooperating in the efforts, reports local daily El Nuevo Día.
The equipment could arrive in the island next week provided that PRFAA and the consul can find a cargo plane to transport it. Authorities have yet to determine the location where the machine will be installed, according to the daily.
According to Efron, the machine -which weighs between 1 to 2 tons- uses filters to purify the air and can produce up to 5,000 gallons of water a day.
The machine is being provided to supply water to Puerto Rico by the Israeli government, the honorary consul said.
In recent years, a number of Israeli firms have been at the forefront of potable water-producing technology, including the development of atmospheric water generating devices, such as the one described by Efron.

Gov. Ricardo Rosselló told CNN that crews are trying to restore water supplies for residents. But it hasn’t been easy.
"In terms of aqueducts, we have been able to restore only 50% of water, because the majority of water in Puerto Rico also depends on electric generators," he said on Wednesday.
Elí Díaz-Atienza, executive vice president for Puerto Rico’s Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, told San Juan-based WKAQ radio the island’s water facilities were significantly damaged during the hurricane. Díaz-Atienza said his water restoration plan includes using trucks to deliver water to residents in the island’s rural areas.
The CDC suggests boiling water, using disinfectants or a filtration system to sanitize water.
Although water and food supplies have been delivered to residents stranded on the island, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz told CNN more can be done.
The federal government, Long said, has established distribution sites and is conducting airlifts to distribute supplies.
But listen, we are not going to be able to move as fast as everybody would like us, or as I would like.

Gov. Ricardo Rosselló told CNN that crews are trying to restore water supplies for residents. But it hasn’t been easy.
"In terms of aqueducts, we have been able to restore only 50% of water, because the majority of water in Puerto Rico also depends on electric generators," he said on Wednesday.
Elí Díaz-Atienza, executive vice president for Puerto Rico’s Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, told San Juan-based WKAQ radio the island’s water facilities were significantly damaged during the hurricane. Díaz-Atienza said his water restoration plan includes using trucks to deliver water to residents in the island’s rural areas.
The CDC suggests boiling water, using disinfectants or a filtration system to sanitize water.
Although water and food supplies have been delivered to residents stranded on the island, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz told CNN more can be done.
The federal government, Long said, has established distribution sites and is conducting airlifts to distribute supplies.
But listen, we are not going to be able to move as fast as everybody would like us, or as I would like.

Last week, Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico as a powerful Category 4 storm, bringing with it 20 inches of rain and 155 mile-per-hour winds. Much of the island was devastated: Nearly all of the 3.4 million people on the island lost power, 80 percent of the agriculture was decimated, and the storm is responsible for 16 deaths so far.
About 1.5 million people—44 percent of the island—are without clean drinking water and are relying on water bottles or unsafe water sources for cleaning, drinking, and cooking.
“The lack of ability to treat the water means that the raw sewage and floodwaters can contaminate the drinking source,” says Erik Olson, a lawyer at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
In 2015, 99.5 percent of Puerto Ricans got their water from systems that had violated the Safe Drinking Water Act, the federal law that regulates toxic chemicals in the US water supply; nearly 70 percent, or 2.4. million Puerto Ricans drank water from systems that had SDWA health violations.
Those countries could come with bottled water and filters.” Trump has lifted the shipping restrictions for 10 days; perhaps more supplies can reach desperate Puerto Ricans.
The pile is located in the southern region of the island, next to a low-income community.

ROMA residents must boil their drinking water after an emergency alert was sent out to advise a reservoir had been contaminated by E. coli.
Australian Drinking Water Guidelines specify no Escherichia coli, normally found in the faeces of humans or other warm-blooded animals, should be present in 100ml of drinking water. “Detection of E. coli in the drinking water system is a serious issue,” the guidelines state.
“It only happened this morning that a positive test came back,” Cr Schefe said.
Starting around the Roma Hospital, which accommodates up to 99 beds, the affected zone travels west to include remote properties that run parallel to the Warrego Highway.
Investigations indicated the outbreak was caused by a defunct bore that started filling a reservoir with raw water after an electrical fault triggered a release.
Council, which has started flushing the water mains while increasing the chlorine dose, immediately started working with Queensland Health to rectify the problem.