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Over 2,000 people in 11 communities west of Cuenca remain isolated after heavy rains destroyed bridges and roads. The military is airlifting supplies. A pregnant woman was evacuated. Here's what you need to know.

Neighborhoods like Misicata, San Joaquín, and Ordóñez Lasso went four days without running water after the Yanuncay River surge ruptured the Sustag plant pipeline. Service is slowly restoring — here's the latest.

ETAPA EP, Cuenca's water utility, is hosting a month of events to celebrate World Water Day. Highlights include the launch of a new water quality monitoring system on March 12, a family gathering at the Botanical Garden on March 22, and a 6K race through the city on May 31.

Cracked walls, missing basketball hoops, bathrooms that haven't worked in years. Parents from rural parishes across Cuenca protested outside the Gobernación del Azuay, demanding repairs that the municipality says it has the money for — but can't start because the Ministry of Education won't sign off.

ETAPA just graduated 350 community forest brigaders trained to defend the páramos and watersheds that supply every drop of Cuenca's tap water. After last year's fires scorched thousands of hectares, this volunteer army could be the difference between clean water and crisis.