787daily · Analysis
The analysis desks
19 series, each on its own schedule, from public data: AAA’s reservoir readings, the US Drought Monitor, LUMA’s outage counts, the National Hurricane Center’s outlooks, PRPD’s crime statistics, the Census, DDEC’s incentive reports and the Legislature’s own records. Every figure comes from the agency named under each desk. How we write these: How we work. What follows is each desk, when it publishes, what it reads, and its newest edition. 2 of the desks have not published a first edition yet; they are listed with their schedule.
Water, power and weather
Daily Water Watch
Daily
Each morning's reading of the 19 AAA reservoirs: today's level, the day-over-day change, the alert band and the pace to the next line, with metro rationing status.
Reads AAA's 5 AM reservoir chart, validated daily. Water page
Latest edition
Daily Water Watch: La Plata at 42.52 m
Carraízo held at 40.75 m, in the Safe band (Seguridad); at this week's pace, about 58 days until it reaches the Watch line (Observación)
Water Week in Review
Sundays
The reservoirs' week in one read: which lakes rose or fell, how the bands moved, and what the rationing calendar did.
Reads seven days of validated reservoir readings and AAA notices. Water page
Latest edition
Water Week in Review: Carraízo Down 8 cm, Oct 18–24
Carraízo: 40.85 → 40.77 m (−8 cm) over 6 days, Safe band, 2.24 in of rain nearby in the final week
Drought Watch
In the Daily Water Watch, each new map week
How many municipios sit in each drought category on the new map and which ones moved since the last one, in the Daily Water Watch on the mornings a new map is out.
Reads the US Drought Monitor's weekly map, weighted by each municipio's area. Water page
Latest map
The Oct 20 map, in the Daily Water Watch
The US Drought Monitor map dated October 20 puts 42 of 78 municipios in at least moderate drought (D1).
Where to Swim
Each new DRNA beach notice, or Thursday when there is none
Beaches whose water came back clean on its last test, from around the island, with the weekend forecast and what each one actually has: an operator, restrooms, parking, a Blue Flag. DRNA's list of the beaches to skip is there too, once, further down.
Reads DRNA's weekly beach notice and beach-water tests, with each beach's facilities from OpenStreetMap and the Blue Flag list from OPAS. Beach water quality page
Latest edition
Where to Swim This Weekend: Six Beaches, from Vega Baja to Luquillo
6 named beaches across 5 regions: North, Southwest, South, San Juan and East
Grid Watch
Mondays
Each morning's 6:00 AM outage count through the week, the worst morning, and how the week compares with the last.
Reads LUMA's own outage counts, sampled through the week. Power page
Latest edition
Grid Watch: About 741 Customers Out on a Typical Morning
0.05% of customers out on a typical 6:00 AM this week (Oct 19–25)
Utility Watch
When new filings land, about quarterly
What LUMA and Genera tell their regulator: hours without power by operating region, the queue at the customer-service counter, the speed of answer on the phone, and who staffs the system, each fiscal year against the last, and against the years before LUMA took over.
Reads the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau's PREPARE performance dashboard. Power page
Latest edition
Utility Watch: LUMA’s Worst Year Yet for Outages and for Waiting
28.4 hours without power per customer in fiscal 2026, the worst of LUMA's 5 full years
Quake Watch
Within the hour of an earthquake that rings the bell
A first report from USGS's own record: magnitude, depth, where it struck, how many felt it and how hard, the aftershocks so far, and how far it sits from the 2020 sequence at Indios.
Reads the U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake record, by the alerts bell's own rule: magnitude 4.5 or more within 150 km of the island's center, 4.0 or more within 50 km of the coast, or any quake USGS itself flags: a yellow-or-worse damage alert (PAGER) or estimated shaking of intensity V or stronger. Island dashboard page
Latest edition
Quake Watch: Magnitude 4.8 Earthquake Near Guánica, 82 Felt Reports
Magnitude 4.8 at 9:19 AM, 5 km SW of Guánica, 7 km deep
Tropics Watch
Wednesdays, June–November
What the National Hurricane Center is tracking this week and whether any of it points at Puerto Rico, with the seven-day outlook read plainly.
Reads NHC active systems and the Tropical Weather Outlook. Hurricane season page
Latest edition
Tropics Watch, Oct 21: A Quiet Atlantic, 0% Formation Chance This Week
No active Atlantic systems
Island life and data
Safety Watch
Monthly, on the PRPD statistics snapshot
Reported Type I crime year to date against the same period last year, the homicide trend, and which towns moved most.
Reads PRPD Type I statistics via the Instituto de Estadísticas. Safety page
Latest edition
Safety Watch: Homicides Down 1.2% Through September
Type I crime through September: 14,727 reported incidents, down 1.6% year over year
Town of the Week
Tuesdays
One of the 78 towns by the numbers behind its living page: rent, commute, broadband, services and crime against the median town.
Reads Census ACS 5-Year, OpenStreetMap, PRPD and AAA, as on the town's living page. Living in Puerto Rico page
Latest edition
Town of the Week: Arecibo, Where Rent Matches the Median Town
Arecibo: 86,467 people in the North region, 40 miles from San Juan
Fiesta Calendar
Monthly
The month's patron-saint fiestas town by town, plus the festivals and events already in our coverage.
Reads the patron-saint calendar and events from 787daily's reporting. Events page
Latest edition
Fiesta Calendar: 7 Patron-Saint Fiestas and 8 Events in October
7 municipios celebrate their patron saint in October, on 5 feast days
Weekend Watch
Fridays
What is on across the island this Saturday and Sunday: listed events, patron-saint feast days, the forecast outlook for the surf and dive spots, and the places that joined the guide this week.
Reads the events calendar, the patron-saint calendar, the island guide and Open-Meteo's marine and wind forecasts. The Weekend page
Latest edition
Puerto Rico This Weekend: Ten Events, One Patron-Saint Fiesta and Surf at Aguadilla / Crash Boat
10 events listed for October 24–25
Boricua Week
Mondays in season
The Puerto Ricans in the major leagues over the week: who carried it, who struggled and the season marks they reached; in the winter, the island's own league race; in October, how each Boricua's club fared in its series.
Reads MLB's official box scores and standings. Sports page
Latest edition
Boricua Week: Díaz, Hernández and the Dodgers Are Out in the NLCS
The Dodgers were eliminated in the NLCS, 0-4 against the Brewers
The Week in Puerto Rico
Sundays
The week's developments from the morning briefs, by subject (government and politics, energy, the economy, safety and more), each linked to its full write-up.
Reads our Morning Briefs and AAA's reservoir readings. This week page
Latest edition
The Week in Puerto Rico: Toll Fines Resume
The Transportation and Public Works Department's Highway and Transportation Authority began collecting AutoExpreso fines again on Monday, October 18
The Month in Puerto Rico
The 1st of each month
The month just ended: its biggest stories, the reservoirs' month, the power outages each morning, the drought map, the quakes, the measures that became law and the price of gas, each linked to the desk that keeps it.
Reads our weekly reviews, AAA's reservoir readings, LUMA's outage map, the US Drought Monitor, the Legislature's records and DACO's fuel survey.
First edition
Arrives on the 1st of next month.
Government and economy
Legislature Week
Fridays
What moved in the Legislature this week: bills filed, advanced, passed or signed, ranked by how much they touch daily life.
Reads Open States and SUTRA, the Legislature's own records. Legislature page
Latest edition
Legislature Week: 29 Measures Saw Action
Where the 30 tracked measures stand: 12 passed a chamber and 18 in committee
Contract Watch
Wednesdays
The government contracts of $1 million or more newly on file with the Comptroller: which agencies signed, with whom, for what and for how much; agreements between public bodies kept apart.
Reads Oficina del Contralor de Puerto Rico, Registro de Contratos. Contract Watch page
Latest edition
Contract Watch: LUMA’s $103.2 Million Contract Leads 23 New Filings Over $1 Million
23 contracts of $1 million or more with private firms newly on file since October 14, across 17 agencies.
Recovery Watch
Wednesdays
The FEMA recovery projects newly obligated in Puerto Rico since the last edition: the largest, the towns and agencies they are for, and one fact from the long record since 2001.
Reads FEMA's OpenFEMA Public Assistance funded projects. Recovery money page
First edition
Arrives this coming Wednesday. Until then the live numbers are on Recovery money.
Act 60 Watch
Each new DDEC report
Decrees granted, approval times and the mix of incentives in the newest DDEC report, against the previous one.
Reads DDEC's published incentives reports. Act 60 page
Latest edition
Act 60 Watch: Approval Time Down 57% to 148 Days, 1,798 Decrees Audited
Average processing time 148 days, down 57.1% from 344