Story highlights CNN reports workers were distributing water from Superfund siteThe EPA has said it plans to test wells this weekendWashington (CNN) A leading House Democrat has asked the Department of Homeland Security to investigate the water situation in Puerto Rico after a published report that people were drinking water taken from a federally designated hazardous-waste site. The site was listed in 2016 as part of the federal Superfund program for hazardous water cleanup. Many Puerto Ricans have been struggling to find clean drinking water since September 20 after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, home to 3.4 million people. Rep. Bennie Thompson, the ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, wrote a letter to acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke asking for the investigation. Thompson, from Mississippi, said he wanted to know whether she was aware Americans there are drinking water from possibly contaminated sources.

Source: CNN October 15, 2017 02:48 UTC