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Harvesting rain could help Caribbean countries keep the water on after hurricanes

  • Written by Cecilia A. Green, Associate Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University

After hurricanes Maria and Irma hit last September, it took Puerto Rico until this June to restore water to most residents. Those living in rural and hard-to-reach mountainous areas waited the longest.

In Dominica, where 80 percent of the population was hit hard by Hurricane Maria, water service was not restored to the most remote areas until...

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