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The manufacturing industry in Puerto Rico is putting the island's finite water supply at risk, experts told ABC News. The manufacturing industry in Puerto Rico is putting the island's finite water supply at risk, experts told ABC News. In the 1960s and 1970s, industries ventured to Puerto Rico as the result of a now-expired federal tax incentive known Section 936, which exempted businesses from federal income tax profits earned by U.S. companies in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. The incentive is widely regarded by experts as responsible for creating a fiscal crisis on Puerto Rico, as the island's economy remained stuck in a standstill due to its inability to generate wealth from the rapidly growing manufacturing sector. But with the expansion of industry also came severe environmental impact. MORE: Biden visits Puerto Rico after Fiona, commits to recovery 'as long as it takes' Pharmaceutical manufacturing, among the most prominent on the island, account...

Residents of an Arizona town have resorted to drastic measures to conserve and use water after the city of Scottsdale cut off its water supply due to the extreme drought. Residents of one Arizona town are findings way to get creative when it comes to saving water after their supply was cut off. On New Year's Day, the city of Scottsdale stopped providing water to the roughly 1,000 people who live in Rio Verde Foothills -- a suburb about 30 miles north of downtown -- due to the historic drought. Water haulers were allowed to fill up tanks at stations in Scottsdale and water was able to run through a standpipe because Rio Verde Foothills does not have its own water reservoir. MORE: 'Extreme' drought status nearly eliminated in California in wake of atmospheric rivers However, the city said because of the "unprecedented drought on the Colorado River," the city is not allowing any water to be transported outside of city limits to conserve water for its own resident...