REUTERS/Lucas JacksonAuthorities in Puerto Rico are reportedly pumping water from a well at a federally designated Superfund site, CNN said late Friday night, citing Superfund documents and interviews with federal and state officials. It is the latest indication of the growing humanitarian crisis in the US territory, three weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the island — leaving many people without food, electricity, or safe drinking water. At least 35% of the residents in Puerto Rico have no access to clean water, according to Status PR, the Puerto Rican government's website that keeps track of relief efforts there. CNN reported that it witnessed workers for Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, the island's water utility, distributing water from a well at the Dorado Groundwater Contamination Site, which was included on a list of federal Superfund sites last year. The US Environmental Protection Agency said at the time that the site contained potentially harmful chemicals like tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene.

 

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