drinking water

The vote was heralded by some of California’s biggest water agencies, which all have plans to build huge water recycling plants in the coming years.

Flooding in March knocked out several of the community's wells. Residents say they are paying full price for intermittent water that they can't drink.

The epidemic of dry wells stems from plummeting groundwater levels, caused in part by agriculture’s heavy reliance on groundwater due to severely curtailed surface water deliveries because of the drought.

A report issued by state auditors on Tuesday said that more than 900,000 Californians lack access to clean water and the state isn't acting fast enough to improve water quality. Most of the 370 failing water systems are in economically disadvantaged communities, many in the Central Valley.

California’s proposed limit for hexavalent chromium — the first in the nation — would raise water rates in many cities. The contaminant, linked to cancer, was made infamous by Erin Brockovich.

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Valley Edition for November 5, 2021

Valley Edition for November 5, 2021

For more than two decades the small Tulare County community of Tooleville has been without a secure supply of safe drinking water. The simplest solution…

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