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The French Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe is experiencing a critical water crisis in which 70 percent of water produced never reaches homes, leaving residents without access to water for weeks at a time. France's Court of Auditors estimates that repairing the entire water network at the current pace would take 208 years. A judicial investigation has been opened in Paris following a citizen-led legal action, signaling formal scrutiny of the infrastructure failure and governance response to the crisis affecting the overseas territory.