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Sarah Laskow

TrumpWatch with Jesse Lent

Mimi Whitefield

Donald Trump

David Smith

Sarah McBride

Kurt Andersen

Jay Michaelson

John Kelly

Jeff Sessions

Mike Pompeo

Mark Walsh

Mike Pence

Lenny Bruce

David Cay Johnston

Harry Edwards

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Back in September, when Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. island of Puerto Rico, 44 percent of local residents were left without safe drinking water. And though the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) claims that less than 2 percent of residences are still lacking this basic amenity, last week Sen. Elizabeth Warren told the news site MassLive that the agency has been wrongly classifying homes as “habitable” even though they “may not have clean water.” But according to Sarah Laskow, author of the Atlas Obscura article “The Hidden Problems With Puerto Rico’s Water Supply,” the island’s water infrastructure was already in deep trouble before Maria hit, due to a combination of leaky pipes, a high concentration of toxic Superfund sites and the natural geography of the area. On this week’s “TrumpWatch,” Jesse asks Sarah how we got here as well as what it will take to get Puerto Rico’s water system to flow effectively.

Ep 61 (3/14/18) Why can't we solve the water crisis in Puerto Rico? Guest: Sarah Laskow

Back in September, when Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, 44 percent of local residents were left without safe drinking water. But according to Sarah Laskow, author of the Atlas Obscura article “The Hidden  Problems With Puerto Rico’s Water Supply,” the island’s water infrastructure was already in deep trouble before Maria hit, from a combination of leaky pipes, a high concentration of toxic Superfund sites and the natural geography of the area. On this week’s TrumpWatch, Jesse asks Sarah how we got here and what it will  take to get Puerto Rico’s water system to work for all of the people living there.

<p>Back in September, when Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, 44 percent of local residents were left without safe drinking water. But according to Sarah Laskow, author of the Atlas Obscura article “The Hidden  Problems With Puerto Rico’s Water Supply,” the island’s water infrastructure was already in deep trouble before Maria hit, from a combination of leaky pipes, a high concentration of toxic Superfund sites and the natural geography of the area. On this week’s TrumpWatch, Jesse asks Sarah how we got here and what it will  take to get Puerto Rico’s water system to work for all of the people living there.</p>

Why can't we solve the water crisis in Puerto Rico? (Sarah Laskow)