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Puerto Rico, U.S. settle storm water issues
2015-12-23 17:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Puerto Rico will spend $77 million to upgrade its water infrastructure in a settlement with the federal government, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday. Three of the U.S. territorial island's agencies reached the settlement affecting storm water systems in San Juan that are currently releasing, daily, an estimated 6 million gallons of untreated sewage into waterways in and around San Juan in violation of the Clean Water Act. "These structural and operational improvements to the...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical