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The Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority ( PRASA; Spanish: Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico) is a water company and the government-owned corporation responsible for water quality, management, and supply in Puerto Rico, a US insular area. [1] PRASA is the only entity authorized to conduct such business in Puerto ...
The Acueducto de Ponce (Ponce Aqueduct), formally Acueducto Alfonso XII, [4] is the name of a historic 2.5-mile [2] gravity-based water supply system in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was designed in 1875 by Timoteo Luberza and built the following years. [5] This aqueduct was the first modern water distribution system built in Puerto Rico. [6]
The government-owned corporations of Puerto Rico —or public corporations ( Spanish: corporaciones públicas )— are a set of corporate entities owned entirely or in large part by the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico or by its municipalities. The corporations engage in commercial activities with their revenues ultimately ...
Website. aeepr .com /en-us. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority ( PREPA; Spanish: AEE) Is an electric power company owned by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico responsible for electricity generation, power distribution, and power transmission on the island. [1] PREPA was the only entity authorized to conduct such business in Puerto Rico ...
Antonio S. Lucchetti (20 January 1888 – 19 December 1958) was a Puerto Rican engineer and public servant, through whom comprehensive electric service was established in Puerto Rico via the Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority (PRWRA) and, later, via the public electric company, Fuentes Fluviales. [2] [3]
The Puerto Rico Ports Authority ( PRPA) ( Spanish: Autoridad de los Puertos; AP) is a government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico charged with developing, operating, and overseeing all seaports and airports in Puerto Rico. [1] [2] [3] The Authority is ascribed to the Department of Transportation and Public Works and is governed by a board of ...
The Old Piedras River Aqueduct (Spanish: Antiguo acueducto del Río Piedras ), also known as the San Juan Waterworks ( Acueductos de San Juan ), is an aqueduct in the barrio (district) of El Cinco of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is by the Piedras River, next to the University of Puerto Rico Botanical Garden. This aqueduct dates to the mid 19th ...
The Bureau for Emergency Management and Disaster Administration — Spanish: Negociado para el Manejo de Emergencias y Administración de Desastres — is the agency of the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico that oversees all emergency activities that occur in Puerto Rico. Its mission is to coordinate all the resources of the ...