Water rationing resumes in Canóvanas and Río Grande

On July 16, 2026, NotiCel reports that the executive president of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, Luis Reinaldo González Delgado, resumes rationing for Canóvanas and Río Grande starting at 6:00 a.m. Friday. The outlet cites him on Telenoticias: the climatological projections are not favorable. The most important rain event, according to the latest the corporation has, is expected for late July. That, he says, puts supplies and levels in rivers and reservoirs at risk.

The Guzmán Arriba plant had paused the scheduled-interruption plan the previous week because it rained between Monday and Tuesday. That rain, according to Luis Reinaldo González Delgado, lasted literally a week. That is why AAA reactivates the plan and, from Friday morning, the Río Grande plant goes back to working with scheduled interruptions. The official names the eastern third of Puerto Rico: Governor Jenniffer González Colón had already put those municipalities on alert for lack of supply.

Rationing plans, according to the executive president, take effect when AAA has no other alternative. NotiCel does not publish in this note a customer census, a shift map, or a reservoir level in feet. The schedule, the two municipalities, and the plant stand. On July 6, the same NotiCel had covered the start of a 48-hour rationing in Río Grande and Canóvanas. On July 7, Metro reported that Jenniffer González Colón declared a state of emergency over lack of water in those two towns. They are three dates and three actions. This note covers the July 16 resumption.

This thread is also not mixed with the Carraízo extraction cut that NotiCel will date July 27, nor with the misuse fines Radio Isla will cover on the 28th. A reactivated rationing, a reservoir adjustment, and a fine are three instruments. The reader who wants their sector's shift has to go to AAA and to the NotiCel piece. This is not original reporting.

Drought as public policy enters here because it is service and a budget box, not because this magazine measures rain. Luis Reinaldo González Delgado speaks of supply sources and of an orderly plan with the water available. Jenniffer González Colón appears as the one who alerted the east. Both voices stay named. What is not on the July 16 page is not invented: not a megawatt, not a million dollars, not an extra municipality.

Source: NotiCel. https://noticel.com/ultima-hora/20260716/se-reanuda-manana-el-racionamiento-de-agua-en-canovanas-y-rio-grande/