WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Administration will award $3.7 billion to help rebuild Puerto Rico’s water and wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations, dams and reservoirs, the White House said on Tuesday.
The bankrupt U.S. territory, a Caribbean island of 3.2 million people, was hit by severe earthquakes a year ago while struggling to recover from devastating 2017 hurricanes. (Reporting by Tim Ahmann; Writing by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Leslie Adler)
