AAA will reduce Carraízo extraction to postpone service interruptions

On July 27, 2026, NotiCel reports that the executive president of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, Luis Reinaldo González Delgado, will reduce the extraction of raw water from Carraízo to extend the supply and postpone scheduled interruptions. With the reservoir's new drop, he says in written remarks, additional adjustments will come. The aim is to stretch the life of the supply and postpone, to the greatest extent possible, an interruption plan.

AAA has applied operational adjustments since May in the face of the dry season associated with El Niño. Those measures, according to the official, made it possible to extend availability through late July without establishing an interruption plan. The Carraízo dredge, he adds, recovered storage capacity and made it possible to capture rain from recent months, which helped in the dry period and in summer consumption. If rains remain absent and the level keeps falling, the moment arrives when scheduled interruptions will be inevitable.

The corporation urges limiting use to essential needs and postponing filling pools, washing vehicles, or cleaning yards, sidewalks, and carports with a hose. Every reduction in consumption, it says, makes it possible to extend the reservoir while rain is awaited. NotiCel does not publish in this note the level in feet or a customer count of the Sergio Cuevas plant.

On July 20, Radio Isla covered adjustments at six reservoirs, with Carraízo on the list, under Rosachely Rivera Santana. On the 16th, NotiCel resumed rationing in Canóvanas and Río Grande. On the 29th, AAA will ask for help to stretch supplies a few more weeks. On the 30th, Jenniffer González Colón announces that Tuesday the management plan will be known. Four dates. This one covers the extraction cut. It is not collapsed with the eastern rationing.

Luis Reinaldo González Delgado speaks; Jenniffer González Colón does not appear in this piece. The reader who wants the written remarks has the NotiCel URL at the foot.

Source: NotiCel. https://noticel.com/noticias/20260727/aaa-reducira-extraccion-de-carraizo-para-aplazar-interrupciones-de-servicio/