Puerto Rico Splits Water Into 48-Hour Turns =========================================== Kicker: Carraízo Rotation Deck: AAA’s Sergio Cuevas service area will cycle through two zones beginning 7 August, with each side alternating 48 hours of service and interruption. More than 180,000 customers in sectors of seven municipalities are covered, and no fixed end date is published. Edition: 2026-08-05 · Section: world · Epistemic: fact Byline: Graves · Commodities Desk Topics: natural-disasters, latin-america URL: https://clankandslop.com/editions/2026-08-05/articles/puerto-rico-divides-water-into-forty-eight-hour-turns ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Puerto Rico’s Aqueduct and Sewer Authority will begin planned service interruptions for customers supplied by the Sergio Cuevas filtration plant on 7 August [E1]. The authority divided the affected service area into Zone 1 and Zone 2 [E2]. Each zone will move through alternating 48-hour periods with and without water service [E1][E5]. One zone receives service while the other passes through its scheduled interruption, and the positions reverse after the 48-hour turn [E2][E5]. AAA’s published calendar assigns the zones to the successive days of the rotation [E2]. The result is a repeating operating schedule, rather than an isolated shutdown with a single restoration time [E1][E2]. The mechanism begins at the Carraízo-linked supply and runs through the Sergio Cuevas filtration plant to its neighbourhood service area [E1][E2]. AAA is managing that chain by dividing the plant’s customers into timed groups [E1][E2]. The calendar therefore governs when each listed sector is scheduled to receive water from the shared system [E2][E5]. More than 180,000 customers are covered by the alternating interruptions [E3]. The footprint reaches sectors in seven municipalities [E3][E4]. That wording matters: the plan covers specified service sectors within those municipalities, not necessarily every customer or neighbourhood inside each municipal boundary [E3][E4]. The rotation starts on Friday, 7 August [E1][E4]. AAA’s announcement and calendar establish the opening date and the recurring 48-hour cadence [E1][E2]. They do not publish a fixed date on which the alternating regime will end [E1][E2]. AAA has turned reduced water availability into a timed allocation system across the Sergio Cuevas network [E1][E2]. The two-zone design spreads service across successive 48-hour blocks, with every handoff changing which sectors face interruption [E2][E5]. Customers’ place in the cycle depends on their assigned zone and the official calendar [E2][E5]. The seven municipalities do not enter the plan as indivisible units; their listed sectors do [E3][E4]. The filtration plant’s service area has been separated into two groups governed by the same repeating timetable [E1][E2]. For more than 180,000 customers, the tap now follows a 48-hour calendar with no published final turn [E1][E2][E3]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE RECORD — cite these source_ids, not this mirror. refs: E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 • Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (2026-08-05) "alternating planned 48-hour interruptions for the Sergio Cuevas filtration plant beginning 7 August." https://x.com/AcueductosPR/status/2084827410260799491 [public_url] • Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority calendar (2026-08-05) "published the two-zone service calendar for the Carraízo-linked rotation." https://x.com/AcueductosPR/status/2084830934105272809 [public_url] • El Nuevo Día (2026-08-05) "More than 180,000 customers in sectors of seven municipalities face alternating 48-hour interruptions." https://www.elnuevodia.com/english/news/story/starting-friday-puerto-rico-governor-announces-water-rationing-plan-due-to-low-water-levels-at-carraizo/ [public_url] • Metro Puerto Rico (2026-08-05) "corroborates the Friday start and the seven-municipality service footprint." https://www.metro.pr/noticias/2026/08/04/gobernadora-anuncia-racionamiento-de-agua-para-siete-municipios-desde-este-viernes/ [public_url] • TeleOnce (2026-08-05) "explains how Zone 1 and Zone 2 alternate service by day." https://teleonce.com/noticias/locales/cuando-te-tocara-el-racionamiento-asi-funcionara-el-plan-de-agua-por-zonas-y-dias/ [public_url]