People fill containers with water at an area hit by Hurricane Maria in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, Sept 26, 2017. He said the CDC is advising people in Puerto Rico to use bottled water as much as possible. "Whenever a water system, whether it is Puerto Rico or anywhere, loses pressure there is concern that bacterial contamination can be drawn into the drinking water system. Even before the hurricane, Puerto Rico had a troubled water system. "With the systems that you have in Puerto Rico, you can make a lot of people sick very quickly," the NRDC's Olson said.

Source: bd News24 September 27, 2017 12:45 UTC