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Environmentalists warn that water production from San Pedro Sula's Sunseri aquifer has plummeted 75% since wells were drilled in 1987, and a congresswoman is pushing legislation to protect the zone as a multi-use area and create a Metropolitan Park to safeguard the city's groundwater system.

San Pedro Sula produces 80 million cubic meters of water annually, with 65% drawn from aquifers as surface sources dwindle; waste and unmeasured consumption threaten the city's long-term supply.

San Pedro Sula generates roughly 1,100 tons of solid waste daily, and a breakdown in trash collection is allowing much of it to reach the Chamelecón, Piedras, Bermejo, and Blanco rivers and stormwater canals, raising flood and public-health risks as the rainy season continues.

Hundreds of families in San Pedro Sula neighborhoods live alongside severely polluted rivers and streams choked with sewage and garbage, exposing residents to health hazards and environmental risks.

Police rescued an endangered howler monkey abandoned in a backpack by two suspects who fled during a patrol in San Pedro Sula; the animal was transferred to the National Forestry Institute for care.

Biology students at UNAH's Cortés campus are fundraising to pay for specialized veterinary care for César, a boa constrictor rescued after being found with severe injuries including a machete wound near its head.