Water
July, 2021
- Valley Edition - July 9, 2021- Vaccine Deserts, Safe Drinking Water, Smoke Pollution
- ETGSA approves proposed groundwater extraction fee
- The West is caught in a vicious climate change feedback loop
- Newsletter: How solar panels on farmland could help California fix its water and power crises
- You can’t drink oil: 1.8 billion gallons of freshwater were used for fracking and drilling in CA since Fall 2018
- A California Town Has No Reliable Running Water During A Heat Wave
June, 2021
- California Drought: Coalition opposes temporary urgency changes for Central Valley Water Project and State Water Project
- California Town Completely Without Running Water as Drought, Heat Wave Intensifies
- California town reportedly has no running water during heat wave
- An entire California town is without running water — in a heat wave
- An entire California town is without running water — in a heat wave
- Report: Groundwater Overhaul Could Threaten Drinking Water Of More Than A Million Valley Residents
- U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Debbie Stabenow Introduce Bill to Ensure Lead-Free Drinking Water for All Americans
- Central Valley town without water — again — and repairs are weeks away amid heatwave
- East Orosi one step closer to clean water as Tulare County moves to become administrator
- As a Hot, Dry Summer Begins in California, More Water Wells Are Failing
- Oil and Gas Industry Diverted 3 Billion Gallons of Freshwater for Drilling That Could Have Gone to Households
- Oilfield disposal site in western Kern set to close
- How better data can help California avoid a drinking water crisis
- Senate Passes Sen. Dodd’s water access and equity bill
April, 2021
- California wells will go dry this summer. ‘Alarm bells are sounding’ in the Valley
- Gov. Newsom declares emergency drought in two California counties. Central Valley excluded for now
- Free bottled water is coming to up to 42,000 Stanislaus-area homes with tainted wells
- California is greenlighting oil wells linked to groundwater pollution
February, 2021
January, 2021
- California Human Right to Water Report and Data Tool (CalHRTW 1.0) Release
- Achieving the Human Right to Water in California
- ‘The most basic form of PPE’: 1.6 million households face water shutoffs
- What Biden’s presidency means for California’s environment
- Unsafe Water More Common in Communities of Color
- As Californians Rack Up $1 Billion in Water Debt, Advocates Fear Relief Could Come Too Late
- Kamala Harris says California’s water crisis is a racial injustice. Will she champion equity?
- Californians owe $1 billion in water bills, facing massive shutoffs. Is relief on the way?
- Low Income Communities Drowning In Water Debt, New California Water Board Survey Finds
- California households owe $1bn in water bills as affordability crisis worsens
- Sen. Dodd Introduces Water Access Equity Bills
- Neonic Pesticides: Potential Risks to Brain and Sperm
December, 2020
- The New Derivatives Market in California Water: Disaster Natural Resources Capitalism at Work
- Toxic tap water in Latino towns is a legacy of racist policies, California officials say
- Several US Regions' Found With Arsenic-Poisoned Drinking Water
- Much Of California’s Water Wells Are Contaminated With Chromium-6. Could A Costly Fix Be Coming?
- Inequalities in Public Water Arsenic Concentrations in Counties and Community Water Systems across the United States, 2006–2011
- New Stanford study allows regional prediction of uranium in groundwater
- Justice Served
November, 2020
- waterloop #64: Susana De Anda on the One Million Californians Without Drinking Water
- This Week in Fresnoland: Private well owners can shape state’s water decisions
- White House Races to Finalize Environmental Rollbacks
- Racial disparities in access to running water: 5 studies to know
- In California, 1 million people lack access to clean water
- It’s crunch time for dairies to wrap up nitrate and drinking water plans
- Watch: Q&A on private wells and water quality in the central San Joaquin Valley
- California Is Making Progress On Safe Water For All, But Work Remains
- California water board orders mandatory solution to East Orosi water situation
- Geographies of insecure water access and the housing–water nexus in US cities
October, 2020
- Scientists Share Coping Strategies for San Joaquin Valley Households at Risk of Extreme Climate Impacts
- Parents Sue Chlorpyrifos Makers Corteva, Dow Over Child’s Autism
- This Week in Fresnoland: A Drinking Water Guide
- Parents Sue Manufacturer of Neurotoxic Insecticide Chlorpyrifos, Corteva (formerly Dow), for Causing Child’s Disabilities
- San Joaquin Valley family says company’s toxic pesticide caused child’s disabilities
- California’s Landmark Groundwater Law Falls Short, Advocates Say
- It your water contaminated? Here’s a guide to health risks and filters that work
- Just How Bad Is California’s Water Debt Problem? The State Isn’t Sure
- Industrial farms leave water wells ‘high and dry’ despite regulations, Madera residents say
- EWG News Roundup (10/9): Nitrate Contaminates Water in California’s Majority-Latino Communities, Members of Congress Rake in Farm Subsidies and More
- EWG Investigation: In California’s Majority-Latino Communities, 5.25 Million Drink Tap Water With Nitrate Above Federal Limit
- In California, Latinos More Likely To Be Drinking Nitrate-Polluted Water
- Nitrate-tainted drinking water plagues California farmworker towns, study shows
September, 2020
August, 2020
October, 2019
September, 2019
June, 2019
- Climate Change Versus Clean Water: A Battle Over California Funds
- Bottled water containing high levels of arsenic sold at major retailers
- Groundwater markets pose a risk to communities on wells or small water systems
- Newsom Catches Heat for Using Climate Funds on Drinking Water Plan
- A civil rights hero focuses on a new fight at the Capitol: clean drinking water
- Hurtado Announces $15M for Valley Drinking Water
- Why fighting for clean water with climate change money worries some California lawmakers
- Progress in the Fight for Safe Drinking Water
- California's Clean Drinking Water Problem
- With Updated Budget, Safe Drinking Water Fund Inches Closer To Reality
- Close to Home: Californians deserve safe drinking water
- City Of Fresno Supports Safe Drinking Water Fund – With A Catch
- How gambling losses could figure in bringing doctors, and clean water, to the valley
- 'We couldn't even take showers': Californians with unsafe drinking water appeal for fixes
- Guest editorial: All Californians deserve safe drinking water
May, 2019
- Central Valley Assemblymember Proposes to Fund Clean Drinking Water, UC Medical Schools by Closing Gambling Tax Loophole
- 1 Million Californians use tainted water. Will state pass a clean-water tax?
- Safe drinking water can come at a price
- A long-awaited bill to fund drinking water systems in rural areas faces decision time
- A long-awaited bill to fund drinking water systems in rural areas faces decision time.
- Dolores Huerta condemns 'toxic taps,' supports proposed water tax at Valley ralley
- More Than 300 Public Water Systems Serve Unsafe Water In California
- Senator Hurtado and U.S. Senator Feinstein Collaborate to Restore Clean Water Supply in California
- Public Hearing on Fracking in Valley Not Recorded - 'I Feel Like The Process Is Rigged'
- Why California's Water Crisis Is So Difficult to Solve
- Central Valley Water Crisis Leaves Nearly 1.5 Million Without Clean Water
- They Grow the Nation’s Food, but They Can’t Drink the Water
- Outta here: Gone are the days of the Valley’s ‘pea-soup’ fog; there’s less pollution, too
- Weakling Or Bully? The Battle Over The CEQA, The State’s Iconic Environmental Law
- Why California's Water Crisis Is So Difficult to Solve
- Council approves several resolutions of support Tuesday evening
- Californians must pitch in to make drinking water safe for everyone
- Cal-EPA will begin the cancellation process of pesticide but falls short of protecting communities
- Newsom says he has a fresh approach to California’s longtime water woes
- Cancer water? Unsafe drinking water puts 15,000 Californians at risk, study says
April, 2019
- How Big Oil Dominates the Public Discourse to Manipulate and Decieve
- Thick and Viscous: California Oil Production Among the Dirtiest in the Country
- Solution identified for East Orosi after 10 years of unsafe water
- A California town could finally get clean water – if its neighbor is willing to help
- California's New Enviro Chief Talks Alternative Pesticides, Recycling Reform and Trump ‘Upside-Down Days'
- 9 terrifying things that could be lurking in your tap water
- California Central Valley Assemblymember Calls out Water Board for Claim that Contaminating Drinking Water in Disadvantaged Communities is not “Significant”
- Assemblyman Gray criticizes water board, says Delta-Bay Plan hurts struggling communities
- Senator Hurtado’s Legislation to Restore Access to Clean Water Advances to Appropriations Committee
- Protect the state’s environmental legacy from Trump’s onslaughts
- Clean Energy Benefits for Environmental Justice Communities: Support AB 961
- A California tax to clean up toxic drinking water has lawmakers jumpy
- Environmentalists Say They Were Shut Out of Talks on Building Housing Faster
- California's Drinking Water Crisis
March, 2019
- How California is Defying Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks
- California Governor's Plan to Create New Drinking Water Tax Faces Resistance
- Billionaire Environmentalist Tom Steyer Joins Eduardo Garcia to Fight for Clean Water Across California
- 3-year old Break for Medium-Sized CAFOs Gets Challenged in D.C. court
- Governor Newsom's Clean Water Tax A 'Moral Imperative' To Some, A Burden To Others
- Clearing the Air: Three Victories for the People
- Details of Newsom's Drinking Water Tax Plan Revealed
- Tackling the Water Crisis will be Just as Hard as it Sounds
- California Water Tax: Mixed Reactions in Valley Over Proposal
- Nunes, Costa, Cox Collide on Climate Change, yet they Represent the Same Fresno County Region
- Green New Dealers, Look to California
- Gov. Newsom Calls for New Tap Tax on Californians with Clean Drinking Water
- Latino Life: Valley Residents Rally For Better Treatment
- Is the American Dream Drying Up in California’s Central Valley?
- Is the American Dream Drying Up in California’s Central Valley?
- Community Voices: What does 'safety' mean?
- It's Time for California to Get Out of the Oil Business
February, 2019
- Gov. Gavin Newsom Uses the Power of Appointments to Shape Government in his Image
- Walters: San Joaquin Valley — California’s Poor Stepchild?
- What's Gavin Newsom's Plan for Sustainable Water in California? We Still Have Little Idea
- We can’t Wait for Washington’s Green New Deal. California Needs Just Transition Now
- Water and the Future of the San Joaquin Valley
- Newsom Water Tax Offers a Phony Fix to a Moral Outrage
- New Governor can See Past Coast All the Way to the Valley. That’s a Change.
- Oilfield Wastewater Disposal Operation Near Bakersfield Closes Under Pressure from Regulators, Environmentalists
- Gov Newsom Names New Chair and New Member to Cali State Water Resources Control Board
- TRUE: 'More than a million Californians' don't have clean drinking water ... It could be higher
- California's Governor Warns Climate Change Pressuring Utilities
- Newsom to Legislature: "Medical Emergency" of Contaminated Drinking Water Demands Political Will
- Visalia Clean-water Advocate Laurel Firestone Appointed to State Water Board
- True: ‘More than a Million Californians’ don’t have Clean Drinking Water … It Could be Higher
- California Wastewater Company Halts Disposal
- This Just In … Governor Newsom Designates Joaquin Esquivel as Chair of the State Water Board; Appoints Laurel Firestone from the Community Water Center to the Board
- Felicia Marcus Removed from State Water Board. ‘It was Time for a Change.’
- A Wastewater Company Halts Disposal At Two Sites Of Groundwater Contamination
- Editorial: California’s Contaminated Drinking Water is a Disgrace
- Californians with Bad Water Ask for Help while Opposition Mounts to Newsom’s Proposed Tax
- New jobs or good planning? Fresno can have both in proposed industrial park
- Assembly Hearing Addresses Unsafe Drinking Water Issues
- Slowing the Revolving Door + Early Childhood Unions + Clean H2O
- Governor Newsom’s Proposed Clean Water Tax Would Cost Santa Clarita $3.1 Million Per Year
January, 2019
- Water workshop set for next weekend
- If the salmon-killing Delta Tunnels hasn’t been approved yet, why is California awarding contracts?
- CLEAN WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN CALIFORNIA
- California’s New Governor Wants to Tax Drinking Water
- California Governor Wants to Tax Drinking Water
- Gavin Newsom needs a plan for California's endangered water supply
- Newsom budget calls for tax on drinking water
- California Governor Proposes Drinking Water Tax
- California Dem Gov. Gavin Newsom wheels out plan for new statewide tax on drinking water
- California’s unfulfilled promise on access to safe water
- California’s unfulfilled promise on access to safe water
- Governor Newsom Makes Safe Drinking Water Top State Priority
- Valley town with bad wells gets ‘surprise’ visit from Gov. Newsom — who wants tax on water
- Delano residents voice concerns, questions over water and soil contamination
- EMWD situation included in ACWA consolidation panel
- Fresno County’s failed housing, land use compliance is discriminatory, says suit
December, 2018
- Contamination forces idling of some eastside water wells
- Steyer: Deregulation Is Killing People
- Coalition challenges USDA loan exemption
- Natural Resources Agency Finalizes Updates to the CEQA Guidelines
- Groups File Suit to Require Environmental Review for Public Loans to Animal Operations
- Fracking: For Gavin Newsom To Be A California Climate Hero, He'll Have To Fight The Oil And Gas Industry, Unlike Jerry Brown
- Lawsuit challenges USDA’s medium CAFO exemptions
- Opinion: California’s Largest Landowner Can Achieve Environmental Justice
November, 2018
October, 2018
- U.C. Davis Law’s Environmental Law Center Releases Proposition 3 White Paper
- Yes on Prop 3 for clean water and wetlands
- Capitol Journal: Water bond Proposition 3 has something for everyone — and that’s the problem
- Arsenic Symposium calls attention to water contamination issues
- Endorsement: Proposition 3 is the wrong water bond for California. Vote no
- Hemet sues Dow Chemical and Shell Oil over contaminated drinking water
- Water bond flowing with Valley solutions
- The $8.9 Billion California Water Bond That Has Environmentalists Divided
- Proposition 3 will pay for a multitude of water needs
September, 2018
- Proposition 3 provides needed funds to improve Valley’s water infrastructure
- Water missed the main stage at the Global Climate Action Summit. It should be front and center.
- California's Looming Water Pollution Problem
- California’s Plan to Store Water Underground Could Risk Contamination
- Fitzgerald: How WaterFix hurts the poor
- Environmental Justice Topic Of New Delta Report
- Tunnel foes shift focus to Delta’s most disadvantaged communities
August, 2018
- EPA Settles With Four Concrete Manufacturers Over Storm Water Pollution
- Californians Need Safe Drinking Water Now
- New bill proposes to fix water quality for less than pennies on the dollar
- California’s Can’t-Miss Chance to Provide Safe Drinking Water for All
- Clean drinking water proposal a good deal for Valley
- Seville and Yettem’s Measure Y would form sewer and water district, represent a shift from county control toward self governance
- Report concludes city water safe to drink
- Safe Drinking Water for All
- Safe Drinking Water for All
- California Lawmakers Eye Voluntary Tax To Pay For Central Valley Water Contamination
- California Lawmakers Eye Voluntary Tax To Pay For Central Valley Water Contamination
- Tax on California water revived to clean up drinking water – but it’s voluntary
- California’s biggest environmental challenges? Water. Climate change. Political hot air.
- California Groundwater Law Means Big Changes Above Ground, Too
- Next Article NIEHS road trip opens eyes to San Joaquin health challenges
July, 2018
June, 2018
- Dry wells, sinking land and fears of a global food crisis
- Overpumping Groundwater Linked To Arsenic Threat
- Editorial: Clean water left unfunded in California budget
- Turlock woman to serve second term on State Water Board
- The well is running dry, and we urgently need to act now to protect our future
- Toxic Trap: Groundwater Overpumping Boosts Arsenic in California Aquifer
- Study links groundwater pumping to arsenic in aquifer
- The Nerve! Tulare County Supervisor Plagiarizes Rex Bohn’s Well-Considered Argument in Favor of Taxes on Drinking Water
- LA is Doing Water Better than Your City. Yes, That LA
- Appeal Challenges Kern County’s Oil Well Permitting Scheme
- California drinking water tax dies in budget compromise
- How do we detoxify California's poison tap water? More democracy
- Backers Of Safe And Affordable Drinking Water Fund Applaud Commitment By Governor And Legislature To Move Forward To Address State Crisis
- Primary Results Boost Environmental Justice in CA
- Satellite Data Can Predict Arsenic Contamination In Irrigation and Drinking Water: Study
- Assembly, Senate budget committees approve versions of SB 623, Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund
- California election: Cap-and-trade spending gag tanks; other propositions pass statewide
- Overpumping of Central Valley groundwater has side effect: too much arsenic
- Overpumping leads to California groundwater arsenic threat
- Another Danger from Overpumping Groundwater: Arsenic
- Jerry Brown Wants To Tax Drinking Water To Fix California’s Busted Up Infrastructure
- Does your water district fail to comply with drinking water standards?
- 360,000 Californians have unsafe drinking water. Are you one of them?
May, 2018
- State Agency Criticized for Failing to Protect Highest At-Risk Communities
- Another Voice: All Californians should have safe drinking water
- Calif. Water Tax Proposal Faces Opposition From Local Leaders
- Rex Bohn: All of us should pitch in for clean water
- ROBERT PRICE: 'Toxic cocktail' no more: Water Fund a step closer to reality
- Dozens demand clean drinking water, support from lawmakers
- Families with toxic tap water to host rally in Downtown Bakersfield
- Locals call on state lawmakers to fix toxic drinking water
- California Considers Charge on Utility Bills to Create Safe Water Fund
- Community Voices: Address state’s drinking water crisis while protecting farming
April, 2018
- Safe drinking water is essential to life and a human right. Let's fund it.
- Fresno City Urges Residents Come Learn about New Water Treatment Facility
- Californians Back Fee to Fix Statewide Drinking Water Problems
- Californians Back Fee to Fix Statewide Drinking Water Problems
- A Survey of Efforts to Achieve Universal Access to Water and Sanitation in California
- Nourishment And Poison: Nitrogen’s Double Life
- Give us clean water to drink, Valley residents tell governor candidates
- 75% of water boards have not held elections in four years
- 75% of water boards have not held elections in four years
- When it comes to California water, nothing is easy
- In bellwether decision, water board orders McKittrick oilfield disposal pond operator to monitor pollutants
- Calif. Nonprofit Taps Residents to Ensure Safe Drinking Water
- 2018 Environmental Justice Legislative Agenda
March, 2018
- Report: Most Seats On Valley Water Boards Go Uncontested
- Valley Groups Divided On Support For Major Drinking Water Bill
- Clean drinking water isn’t a partisan issue
- Infrastructure could improve unsafe drinking water in San Joaquin Valley
- Around 100,000 San Joaquin Valley Residents Live Without Clean Water; Study Suggests Access Is Close
- Water and the public health crisis
- Thousands in the San Joaquin Valley Have Unsafe Drinking Water, But Clean Water Is Close
- Community Water Center leaders get award
- SB 83 Independent Review Panel for the Department of Conservation’s Underground Injection Control Program
- Water now flowing to 750+ homes in East Porterville
February, 2018
- Attorney General Becerra Establishes Bureau of Environmental Justice
- This Is What It's Like To Live With Toxic Tap Water In California
- LIVE BLOG: Community advocates head to the capitol, urging legislators to invest in the valley to change poor health outcomes
- 'Everybody wants things to change': San Joaquin Valley residents head to Sacramento, demanding lawmakers invest in their communities
- Phase II of water project complete
- East Porterville Water Supply Project 2018
January, 2018
December, 2017
November, 2017
October, 2017
- New California Groundwater Sustainability Guide Bridges Gap Between Technical Experts and Community Members
- Small Communities Can't Solve Toxic Water Problems Without Help
- 2017 Legislative Wins and looking forward!
- Volunteer Canvassers Needed October 28th!
- Join Us in Fresno for the GSP Toolkit Release October 26th!
- Governor signs Bakersfield Assemblymember's bill to provide clean water to disadvantaged communities
- Senate Bill 623 could resurface when Assembly begins a new legislative session begins in January
- Editorial: California requires an investment in potable water
September, 2017
- Safe H2O a limited resource
- Farmworkers’ Dilemma: Affordable Housing, but Undrinkable Water
- Celebrating Water Justice in Visalia!
- Contaminated: Dirty Water In California's San Joaquin Valley
- Reporting Projects Tackle Big San Joaquin Valley Issues
- Letter to the Editor: Clean drinking water, relief for farmers, unusual win-win
- Clean, affordable drinking water is a human right
- Water Agencies unite in opposition to Statewide water tax for every customer
- $1.6M from NSF to UC Davis to study water, land use in disadvantaged communities
- Newsletter Cartoons Presentation Cartoons Business and Safety Cartoons by Ted Goff Sales and Financial Cartoons by Ted Goff Firefighters union supports water efficiency standards for California
- A bipartisan coalition holds press conference over drinking water standards and SB623
- Clean energy crucial for California
- Firefighters Join Utilities, Cities, Businesses and NGOs in Supporting Water Efficiency Standards for California
- Deep Drought Stirred Action on California’s Right To Water
- California’s Clean-Water-for-All Experiment Begins to Deliver
- Community Voices: Make the human right to water a reality for the valley
- Invest in safe and affordable drinking water with SB 623
- Farmers and environmental justice groups unite in support of clean drinking water fund
- California Water Policy conference sponsored by… the usual corporate suspects
- Billions are drinking water contaminated with plastic — and US has it the worst, study finds
- Drinking Water Tax In The Works
- Opinion: Coleman commentary about water tax was misleading
August, 2017
- Bill could increase taxes, but provide safe water in Tulare County
- Why California’s Nitrate Problem Will Take Decades to Fix
- Groups battle over state water safety bill
- How much might 'the California Water Fix' cost LA?
- Local water officials object to proposed state ‘water tax’
- All need access to safe, affordable water: Letters
- Proposed Tax For Safe Drinking Water Gets Support From Environmental, Agricultural Groups
- California Towns Tackle Nitrate Pollution With Local Solutions
- Opinion: Tax water to provide clean water to Californians whose supply is contaminated
- In Bakersfield, Complex Web Of Water Systems Makes Pollution Cleanup Difficult
- Bill Before California Legislature Could Help Supply Clean Water to All
- Clean water hookups resume
- Video: Toxic Taps: Meet California’s Newest Water Contaminant
- Editorial: Hundreds of thousands of Californians lack access to safe drinking water. Let's fix that once and for all
- California water bill 'a huge deal' to combat dirty water
- Billionaire environmentalist’s latest fight is clean water for San Joaquin Valley
- This Bay area activist says safe, affordable drinking water is a rural community's right
- Conflict and change mark the California water world
- California’s Plan to Tackle a Carcinogen Widespread in Water
- California’s Plan to Tackle a Carcinogen Widespread in Water
- Conservation, Environmental Justice, and Industry Lawsuit Asserts Water Boards Failed to Protect Clean Water from Agricultural Pollution
- How Much Drinking Water Has California Lost to Oil Industry Waste? No One Knows
- California’s Biggest Drought Success Story Came With a High Cost
- In California, Quest For Clean Drinking Water Often Delayed By Paperwork
July, 2017
- New drinking water regulation costly for Turlock
- Video: Toxic Taps: The Fight Over Funding for Clean Drinking Water Projects
- Unlikely Allies Push Bill to Solve California Drinking Water Crisis
- 16 Cancer-Causing Contaminants Fill Our California Water, Study Finds
- ‘Insidious’ Drinking Water Carcinogen Has California Water Customers Facing Rate Hikes
- PRESS RELEASE: State Votes to Protect Californians From Carcinogen, TCP
- Clean Water Plan for Long-Suffering San Joaquin Valley Towns Derailed
- What is this TCP and why is it going to raise Bakersfield city water rates?
- California to vote on regulating toxic chemicals in water
- California Sets Nation’s Toughest Tap Water Limit for Carcinogenic ‘Garbage’ Chemical
- Contaminated water not an issue for students
- Private Domestic Well Owners Left Behind In California's Water Quality Push
- Water board sets standard on suspected contaminant
- The California Drought Isn’t Over, It Just Went Underground
- Video: Toxic Taps: California’s Water Crisis Hits Home in Rural Towns
- Getting to the Roots of California’s Drinking Water Crisis
- Living in California’s San Joaquin Valley May Harm Your Health
- Systemic Failure: Why 1 Million Californians Lack Safe Drinking Water
- Kettleman hopes bottled water continues
- T is for Toxic: Danger Lurking in California School Drinking Fountains
- Video: Toxic Taps: Why Small California Communities Face Unsafe Water
June, 2017
May, 2017
- Nearly a Million Californians Exposed To Pesticide Chemical Linked To Cancer in Their Drinking Water
- Survey: Valley residents worried about water
- The fight for clean drinking water
- Oakhurst’s Water Is Radioactive, But Cleanup Is Right Around The Corner
- 1 in 5 adults in Valley lack clean water, 46 percent fear deportation
- California's water crisis is dangerous, just like Flint's. Will the state clean it up once and for all?
- Drinking Water Is A Human Right, But These Valley Residents Don’t Have It
- Drinking Water Is A Human Right, But These Valley Residents Don’t Have It
- Drinking Water Is A Human Right, But These Valley Residents Don’t Have It
- New Poll Examines Valley Views On Water, Immigration, Health Care
- Break in California Levee System Could Contaminate Bay Area Drinking Water Supply
April, 2017
- California Proposes Stringent Cap On Toxic Chemical In Drinking Water
- Chemical Companies Knowingly Allowed Carcinogenic Contaminant in Common Pesticide
- U.C. Davis School of Law Launches New Water Justice Clinic
- Drought’s not over for everybody
- Potent carcinogen contaminated drinking water used by millions, says report
- Cancer-Causing Chemical In Valley Water Is One Step Closer To Final Regulation
- 8 Million Californians Have Been Drinking Polluted Water For Years
- California's poor hit hardest by unsafe drinking water
- Cancer-Causing Pesticide ‘Garbage’ Taints Tap Water for Millions in California
- #123TCP – The Toxic Chemical in California's Tap Water
- Few take last-chance hook-up
March, 2017
- March 2017 CWLN Newsletter
- East Porterville residents can connect to city water, no charge
- Lead Poisoning Among Children in Some California Locales Higher Than Flint
- Deadline looms for East Porterville water sign-ups
- California Set to Regulate Carcinogen in Water for Decades
- California State Board of Food and Agriculture to Discuss Issues Related to Safe Drinking Water in Disadvantaged Communities at March 7th Meeting
- Safe drinking water in disadvantaged communities
- 'A Tragedy': Hundreds of Thousands of California Residents Exposed to Contaminated Water
February, 2017
- California has its own Flint, needs funding for safe drinking water
- Small community is one of many grappling with big water problems
- California has its own Flint, needs funding for safe drinking water
- California Advocates Push For Contaminated Water Fund
- State Data Show Nearly 300 Water Systems Out Of Compliance
- Capitol Journal California lawmakers are stuck on Trump, but there's a problem at home that needs attention: dirty water
- Q. and A.: Xavier Becerra on Immigration, ‘Calexit’ and More
- Advocates urge permanent solution to unsafe drinking water
- Advocates Push For Nitrate Fees To Fund Clean Water
- Standing Room Only: Briefing California Legislators on the Importance of Funding Safe Drinking Water
- Clean water advocates have a solution that involves your water bill
- Unsafe Water Has Plagued California Town For Years
January, 2017
- Worrying and still waiting for safe drinking water after cancer claimed her daughter
- Fresno Takes First Step Toward Ridding Water Of Toxic 1,2,3-TCP
- California’s Blue Resistance: Enforcing Water Laws in the Trump Era
- From Flint to Standing Rock to California’s Salinas Valley, Water is a Human Right
- Study Finds Two Groups Hardest Hit by California’s Drought
- State money arrives to start a new water system in a drought-stricken Valley town
- Free Water Testing for Lead Available to California Schools
- State To Require Water Systems To Test School Water For Lead
- Drought and Equity in California
- Clean Drinking Water Acknowledged In State Budget Proposal
- Low-Income Communities Hit Hardest By Drought, Says Report
- New bill for safe drinking water in rural schools
December, 2016
- 'They’re Not Going to Be Able to Ignore This Entire City Standing Together'
- Oil companies face deadline to stop polluting California groundwater
- Waterwise: Community Water Center premiers video
- Advancing Community-Driven Water Solutions
- From the archives: 'Garbage' chemical TCP threatens Valley Water
- The thousands of U.S. locales where lead poisoning is worse than in Flint
- Toxic water plagues rural California
- 4 million Americans could be drinking toxic water and would never know
- County moves toward well ordinance
- S.F. Chronicle Highlights Need for 1,2,3-TCP Regulation in Asha Kreiling's Op-Ed
- State water board must set limit on carcinogen in water
- Tulare County Considers Emergency Groundwater Ordinance
- Kettleman water system hearing next week
October, 2016
- Cawelo Study Fails to Test for Dozens of Oilfield Chemicals in Wastewater Used to Irrigate California Food Crops
- How do we convince anti-oil activists our water is safe?
- State letter to farmers demands water to fix nitrate problem
- LOIS HENRY: Oilfield water proves safe for irrigation — again
- Groundwater Action Team
- California Designs First Statewide Water Affordability Program
- AGUA and CWC Host Federal EPA Officials
- Important Meetings about a Statewide Water Affordability Program
- Legislative Update: Six New California Laws Impacting Water
- 2015 ANNUAL REPORT
September, 2016
- Farmers say, ‘No apologies,’ as well drilling hits record levels in San Joaquin Valley
- South Valley water coalitions to study nitrate leaching from farms
- 'Erin Brockovich' Carcinogen in Tap Water of more than 200 Million Americans
- Nitrates poison water in California's Central Valley
- Meet the Minds: 10 Things Max Gomberg Wants For California Water
- Report lists arsenic violations at schools, other facilities in Kings
- Too many California towns have arsenic in tap water, group says
- Drinking Water for 55,000 Californians has Illegal Levels of Arsenic
- State Takes Steps To Get Clean Water To Kettleman City
- Meeting with state and local agencies a step in the right direction to bring clean water to Kettleman City residents
- Could California’s drought make residents sick?
- Kettleman City Gets Promised Toxic Water Fix
- California Or A Third World Country?
August, 2016
- Kettleman City Residents get Answers to Questions about Construction of Water Treatment Plant
- California Legislative Spending Rampage Continues
- California and EPA Poised to Expand Pollution of Potential Drinking Water Reserves
- Analysts See Role For Waste Plants In Beating California's Nitrates Problem
- Experts Weigh In: California’s Biggest Water Policy Priorities
- Peter Gleick: Why California’s Current Drought Is Different
- With Water, One Era Ends And Another Begins In East Porterville
- Delano residents ask for Assemblymember Salas to vote for clean air
- Emergency Project Brings Water to East Porterville Residents
- Family rejoices at ‘regular’ water flowing from the tap
- Safe, reliable water started flowing to the first home in East Porterville today!
- Running Water Arrives In Drought-Addled East Porterville
- Kettleman City residents may get more help with air and water pollution issues
- California farm communities pay price for decades of fertilizer use
- Selenium still poisons Valley, Delta, nation
- White House Honors Tulare County Water Advocate
- Why Passing Climate Legislation Is Good for California’s Water
- CWC Launches Urgent Campaign to Protect Groundwater in Drought-Affected Tulare County
July, 2016
- Waterwise: Supervisors should take overdraft water position
- County looking at well drilling ordinance
- Agencies offer grants, loans for water projects
- What is new at CCEJN?
- Time to Set a Legal Limit for Carcinogen Found in Kern’s Water
- Learn more about pesticide byproduct found in Valley drinking water
- California To Set Legal Limit On Probable Carcinogen In Water
- South Valley Woman Headed To Washington D.C. To Be Honored For Being A Champion For Change
- Brand, Perea Exchange Barbs Over Rusty Fresno Water
June, 2016
- California Superintendent Tom Torlakson Urges Schools to Test Water
- California budget includes crucial funds for water in schools
- Environmental studies stall Kettleman City water plant construction
- Excessive levels of carcinogen 1,2,3 TCP found in Kern County water
- Excessive levels of carcinogen 1,2,3 TCP found in Kern County water
- Environmental Justice Program Update
- Should California limit the number of small, new water systems?
- Should state limit small water agencies?
- Is Drought Causing a Health Crisis in California?
- Is Drought Causing a Health Crisis in California?
- California Takes Action to Address Its Drinking Water Crisis
- Help us devise a strategic Valley water plan
- Waterless
- Long-term Solutions Moving Forward in East Porterville
- Water Activists, Your White Privilege Is Showing
- Bill Would Ban New Wells in Parts of California
- Assemblymember Garcia and CWC Host Briefing on Unsafe Water In Schools
- Assemblymember Garcia and CWC Host Briefing on Unsafe Water In Schools
- Bernie Sanders On State Of San Joaquin Water: 'Unbelievable'
- Bernie Sanders On State Of San Joaquin Water: 'Unbelievable'
- Residents in Tulare County community open taps to clean water
May, 2016
- The Flint of California
- Clean drinking water bill advances
- Water, Water Still Is Scarce, Except for California's Rich
- California Town’s Water Tainted With Arsenic For Decades
- California Town’s Water Tainted With Arsenic For Many Years
- Governor’s Budget Falls Short of Addressing California’s Drinking Water Crisis
- Shedding light on politics of El Porvenir’s contaminated water
- The wells have run dry in this California town, so why is a $1.2-million water system untapped?
- Unknown, Unregulated, Undrinkable
- Report Finds Unsafe Water May Affect 24 Percent of California Public Schools
- Hundreds of California Schools Impacted by Unsafe Drinking Water
- “It looked really dirty” – Now, Arvin Kids Drink Clean Water In Schools
- California's Drinking Water Crisis
- It's Time to Regulate Cancer Causing Chemical 1,2,3-TCP Platica
April, 2016
- Tiny Central Valley Community Tests California’s Clean-Water Law
- The Flints of California need attention now
- As Flint's water goes, so goes California's
- Assembly moves to improve water systems for poor communities
- Bill to protect state’s aquifers, groundwater moves forward
- Lemoore approves water sale
- Running for Clean Water in the U.S.
- Groups plan rally for better water in Arvin
March, 2016
- Stockton Wants To Test Water Monthly For Lead, Copper Leeching
- State Orders Tulare to pipe clean water to Matheny Tract Homes
- Drought Hurts Air Quality
- #Agua4All Community Rally and Celebration
- Water Brings Hope
- Flint’s not the only place where the drinking water’s unsafe
- Valley legislators need to improve on environmental justice
- Will Human Right to Water Resolution Really Help?
- UC Merced seminar seeks ‘rural justice’
- Like Flint, water in California's Central Valley unsafe, causing health problems
- Pits of drilling waste threaten water, air safety, report charges
- There’s a Cancer-Causing Chemical in My Drinking Water, But California Isn’t Regulating It
- Dirty water isn't just a Flint problem
- Millions lack access to clean drinking water
February, 2016
January, 2016
- Flint is part of a pattern: 7 toxic assaults on communities of color
- Episode 1: Heart of the Drought
- Preventing CAFO Water Pollution Not An EPA Priority
- 9 Californians who play key roles in water policy
- California Water Board to Investigate Use of Oilfield Wastewater to Irrigate Crops
- Farms Using Oilfield Wastewater Under Review for Food Safety
- Northern Tulare County Water Alliance
- CWC Kicks Off 2016 Campaign to Protect Drinking Water From Dangerous Contaminant 123 TCP
- CWC congratulates former Senior Policy Analyst Omar Carrillo on his new position
- Water Justice Leadership Awards 2016!
- Drought-Impacted Residents Testify to Secure Targeted Private Well Funding
- Stockton Homeowners Warned Drought May Have Led To Water Contamination
December, 2015
- Residents Of One Central California Town Ordered To Boil Drinking Water
- Interim Groundwater Ordinances Needed
- Coalition Files Lawsuit to Safeguard Kern Communities from Flawed Oil & Gas Drilling Amendment
- Uranium Contaminates Water Across California’s Central Valley
- Fear at the tap: Uranium contaminates water in the West
- Uranium Contaminates Water Across California’s Central Valley
- Uranium contaminates Valley water
- All Californians deserve clean, safe drinking water
- 2015 Legislative Wrap-Up and a Recent Big Win for Private Well Owners!
- Arvin Signs Administrative Order with EPA and Establishes New Timeline for Securing Safe Water
- Co-Executive Director Laurel Firestone Focuses on Unmet Safe Drinking Water Needs at Senate Committee Hearing
- Prop 1 Funding Available Now for Communities to Apply
- Fresno County Board of Supervisors Take First Step Toward Developing Interim Groundwater Ordinance!
November, 2015
- California Climate and Health, Part II: It’s in the Water
- CWC Launches Private Well Testing Program
- Drought Convening Discussion Paper Advances Solutions
- Working families and the poor suffer most from lack of water
- Farmworking communities in the Central Valley battle ongoing California drought
- Honoring Leaders in the Face of Drought
October, 2015
- Dirty Water Wastewater injection in the San Joaquin Valley threatens farmland
- Building a Better Water Safety Net
- For California's Drought Towns, the Next Challenge Is Growth
- Why California's Poorest Towns Still Can't Connect to Water
- El Pueblo Para el Aire y Agua Limpia/People for Clean Air and Water of Kettleman City and Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice Comments in Opposition to Case Closure Consideration, Underground Storage Tank Release/Kettleman City Shell, 25712 Ward Drive RB CASE 5T16000202
- Before California's Drought, a Century of Disparity
- Before California's Drought, a Century of Disparity
September, 2015
August, 2015
July, 2015
- California's Drought Is So Bad That Thousands Are Living Without Running Water
- Spray Field and ponds Toxic Tour: State Water Board in-person update.
- Study finds contaminants in California public-water supplies
- Fracking Waste Left In Open Unlined Pits Threatens California Drinking Water, New Study Analyzes California Fracking
- California’s rural poor hit hardest as massive drought makes remaining water toxic
- Talking to National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
June, 2015
May, 2015
March, 2015
- Groundwater records should not be kept confidential in drought-stricken California
- Assembly Committee hears testimony from East Porterville residents and Tulare Lake Basin Study Recommendations
- New State Office Could Help Poor Valley Communities Get Clean Drinking Water
- As water dwindles, lawmakers seek access to confidential well logs
- Californians in Hazmat Suits to Protest Oil Industry Aquifer Exemption Workshop
- Proposed Office To Help Poor Communities Get Clean Drinking Water
- Maria Herrera is third Valley member on water commission
- New factsheet on addressing drought-related needs in California’s most vulnerable communities
- Well went dry last Easter, but one Kingsburg man gets blessed with new water supply
February, 2015
- Oil producers run illegal disposal pits
- Legal Petition Urges Gov. Brown to Impose Emergency Fracking Moratorium After Oil Waste Illegally Dumped Into California Aquifers
- Hundreds of illicit oil wastewater pits found in Kern County
- No HSR, more water, road funding top county wish list
- California's Drought Worsens Uranium Pollution In Valley Wells
- #Agua4All: New Taps Installed in South Kern County and Eastern Coachella Valley Expand Access to Safe, Clean Drinking Water
- Turlock council to examine water issues
- State let oil companies taint drinkable water in Central Valley
January, 2015
- Coalition brings clean drinking water to rural Kern County
- Dairies face environmental court challenges
- Critical water bottle filling stations in Lamont for South Kern County residents
- Dirty Water Is Leading to Obesity and Diabetes in California
- In California's Poorest Towns, Tap Water's Legacy Is Toxic for Latinos
- Avenal could get more water amid drought
- Drought threatens to push small Valley cities to the brink
- Valley’s poor towns need public help to drink healthy water, breathe clean air, EPA leader says
December, 2014
November, 2014
October, 2014
August, 2014
July, 2014
June, 2014
May, 2014
April, 2014
- Kettleman clean water project faces more tangles
- New map could refocus state's pollution battles
- Fresno neighborhoods still riskiest in state
- Stanislaus cities among those exceeding new state standard for hexavalent chromium in water
- Kettleman City water rates likely to increase
- Kettleman water project tied to hazmat expansion
- The Drinking Water Disparities Framework: On the Origins and Persistence of Inequities in Exposure
March, 2014
February, 2014
- West Goshen water line project to start
- Health experts warn of water contamination from California drought
- Committee approves Wolk water bond to address state’s urgent water needs
- Hard bargain
- Community Water Center at the Centers for Disease Control Museum
- PWQA donates $2,500 to Community Water Center
- Kettleman City Weighs Toxic Dump Expansion Against Funding for Clean Water
- Thirsty for Justice - Human Right to Water Trailer Released!
January, 2014
December, 2013
- Shafter farmer helps bring focus to Valley environmental issues
- Connie Conway and Henry T. Perea: Water bond is bipartisan need
- Used Drilling Mud Dumped in California’s Central Valley
- Kettleman City Resident Uneasy With Landfill's Connection To Clean Water Plan
- A Central Valley Farming Town Copes With Toxic Tap Water
- Water Board Ends Waiver That Allowed Unregulated Dumping of Toxic Drilling Muds in California's Central Valley
November, 2013
- New EPA chief has ambitious agenda
- State needs cost-effective water bond
- Vintage Petroleum to Pay $60,000
- EPA head laments lack of clean water in San Joaquin Valley
- Bad drinking water in rural Valley towns 'unacceptable,' EPA chief says
- Partnership Brings Clean Drinking Water to Central Valley Schools, Programs
- Drinking Water Issues of Local Communities are Focus of 2-Year Outreach
- South Kern County schools get safe drinking water
- South Kern County schools get safe drinking water
- Schools in Arvin, Lamont get water filters
- Schools with arsenic contamination soon to have safe drinking water
- Safer water for schools in Arvin and Lamont
- Schools in Arvin, Lamont get water filters
- Oilfield drilling muds go into unlined pits
- As Fracking Expands in California, Waste Board Refuses to Regulate Toxic Waste Disposal
- Health, Environmental Groups Seek Halt to Unregulated Dumping of Toxic Drilling Muds in California’s Central Valley
- Fracking probe expands in Central Valley
October, 2013
- Easton candidates debate need for water system
- Careful fertilizing protects drinking water, say experts at Modesto conference
- Matheny Tract to welcome Tulare water
- Drama continues around Kettleman hazardous waste landfill
- Town hall planned to talk about small-town drinking water
- Trastornos congénitos en Kettleman City, California
September, 2013
- California regulators approve new groundwater monitoring order for growers in Central Valley
- Valley farmers to face new ground-water quality rules
- State OKs new water rules for farmers
- Water unaffordable to some in San Joaquin Valley
- Often-tainted tap water unaffordable to many in rural San Joaquin Valley
- Perea clean water bill stalls
- Editorial: Wait to debate water bond, and improve it
- Tulare County water districts take first steps toward fixing problems
- Drinking water bill snuffed before Senate vote
August, 2013
- Assessing Water Affordability: A Pilot Study in Two Regions of California
- Is safe drinking water in rural Tulare County emerging from red tape?
- Health responsibility could transfer to water board
- Don’t drink the water – you can’t afford it
- United Valley voice urged on water
- Water Woes All Over California Policy Map
- California slow to pass along federal water project funds
- Better Water Distribution System for California!
July, 2013
June, 2013
- California farm communities suffer tainted drinking water
- The Conversation: State slow to fix water injustices
- Safe Drinking Water for All
- Funding to improve drinking water has come at a slow drip
- Two receive the Gary Bellow Public Service Award
- Salinas-area elected officials see water bills pass
- Fracking Tests Ties Between California ‘Oil and Ag’ Interests
May, 2013
April, 2013
- Valley groundwater rule draws fire from both sides
- No more excuses, governor: Clean water for valley towns
- EPA: Calif failed to spend $455M on water projects
- EPA says California failed to spend safe drinking-water funds
- Oil company caught dumping wastewater, Water Board investigating
- Supes approve letter criticizing water board
- Earth Log: Judge's ruling may slow fracking in Fresno County
- Dreams of black gold in the Valley's shale oil deposits
March, 2013
February, 2013
- Earth Log: Lawmakers need to levy fertilizer fee
- Fertilizer fee plan may cost farms in San Joaquin, Salinas valleys
- Kern County oil companies continue to frack, residents concerned
- Two Alejo water bills gain bipartisan support
- Valley rural towns have some of worst water problems in state
- Plan could bring many out of the shadows
January, 2013
December, 2012
November, 2012
- Farmers welcome changes but still oppose groundwater plan
- Bottled water on Thanksgiving menu in tainted region
- Earth Log: Study cites bad water in poor towns
- An advocate for clean water: Susana De Anda co-founded Community Water Center
- Armona frustrated over high water bills
- Environmental justice implications of arsenic contamination: a cross-sectional, cluster-design examining exposure and compliance in community drinking water systems
- Earth Log: Lawmakers focus on fixing water
- Farmworkers’ Endless Worry: Tainted Tap Water
- Tulare County Looking to Clean Up Rural Tap Water
- The Poorest People in California Are Paying the Most for Drinking Water
- Lawmakers want to fix bureaucratic funding maze for clean water
- Dairy ruling should have little impact
- Dairy waste's impact on groundwater focus of court ruling
- Ruling Could Tighten Dairy Waste Monitoring
- KMPH Special Report: What’s Really In Your Water?
- Appellate Court (Sacramento) Overturns Order Regulating Dairies Because of Failure to Protect Groundwater
October, 2012
- Canadian oil company to drill more wells near Kettleman City
- Survey: Drinking water compliance eludes some California schools
- Women on Top Awards: The Transformers
- California State Policy: Everyone Has a Legal Right to Affordable, Clean Water
- Everyone Eats There California’s Central Valley is our greatest food resource. So why are we treating it so badly?
- Valley towns still wait for Kings River water
- The right to clean water Now that it’s a right, what’s the plan?
- California takes historic step in safe water for all
- Celebrating the Right to Water
September, 2012
August, 2012
July, 2012
- Fracking in the Central Valley
- Easton water tested positive for contaminants
- Private wells outside Fresno test positive for contaminants
- Central Valley's ecological state studied
- Much of Valley’s water not safe to drink
- The State of the Great Central Valley of California
- Rubio visits, listens
- Kettleman residents could get clean tap water by 2015
- Delano Residents Demand Town Hall Meeting Over Water Fees
- Kettleman City gets clean water funding
- DPH Commits $8 Million to Safe Drinking Water in Kettleman City
- Kettleman City faces 3-year wait for clean water
June, 2012
May, 2012
- Groundwater nitrate issue dumped in agriculture’s lap
- County seeks further study of nitrate issue
- Bill Watch: Asm. Perea on the 2012 Human Right to Water package
- Rural towns devise unique plan to solve water problems
- Local Groups Highlight Lack of Safe Water in Schools, Call for Implementation of the Human Right to Water
- Valley water agencies look at farming contamination
- EPA will begin monitoring TCP nationally
April, 2012
- Senate panel approves water bill with provisions for California farmers
- 'Garbage' chemical TCP threatens Valley water
- Our View: Clean water solution held up by politics
- Mamá e hija luchan por agua potable
- Neglected for decades, unincorporated communities lack basic public services
- Latino concern for environment grows
- Pesticide TCP omitted from Fresno Co. water reports
- EPA Region 9 Focuses on Aiding "Underserved" Communities
March, 2012
- Assemblymember Perea Honors Members of the Community Water Center in Sacramento Women of the Year Ceremony
- Our View: No easy answers in farm pollution
- Nitrate Contaminating Drinking Water for More Than 254,000 Californians
- Central Valley Drinking Water Contamination
- New concerns over potential Valley water contamination
- Groundwater nitrate contamination grows in California farm areas
- New study blames ag for nitrate problem
- Nitrates in California's water, study finds
- Big Ag's Water Pollution Costs Billions to Manage: Study
- One in Ten People Exposed to Contaminated Water
- UC Davis nitrate report prompts calls for action
- Report: Nitrate from Fertilizer Polluting Drinking Water in Ag Regions
- Report: Calif. nitrate contamination spreading
- Farming communities facing crisis over nitrate pollution, study says
- UC study: Cropland threatens drinking water for 250,000 in Valley
- Growing costs and concern for drinking water in the Tulare Basin and Salinas Valley
- Lamont water issues need permanent fix
- Tapped out: Community hopes water woes will end soon
February, 2012
January, 2012
- EPA commits to help improve drinking water
- Addressing Nitrate in California’s Drinking Water
- Residents to EPA: “We’re simply telling you our reality”
- Efforts to bring clean water to Tulare County
- Kettleman water project gains momentum
- Kettleman City learns small town water upgrades take time
- Kettleman City set to receive $8 million in state water funds
December, 2011
- Safe Drinking Water is Holiday Wish for Some CA Communities
- 2011′s top community health issues
- Water boards attempt to manage state-wide nitrate problem
- EPA gives Valley part of $100,000 in water grants
- EPA grants $50K to local environmental projects
- Got arsenic? Social disparities in drinking water quality
November, 2011
October, 2011
- Kettleman City water project moves forward
- State officials, Monson residents meet about bad water
- Turning Idealism Into Action
- Push for clean water in the South Valley
- Perea vows to push drinking-water cleanup
- Water Quality
- Llegan a acuerdo sobre agua limpia en Condado de San Joaquín
- Gobernador aprueba leyes que promueve la salud
- Brown signs slate of clean drinking water bills
- Jerry Brown signs California Water Bill of Rights
- Brown needs to get results for water woes
- Governor Brown Signs Legislation to Bring Clean Drinking Water to Californians
- Gov. Brown signs clean-water bills
- Alejo Right to Water Bill becomes law
- Settlement reached in Valley water fight
- California lawmakers must ensure clean H2O
- Water for crops, but farmworkers go thirsty
- Red tape ties up possible relief from dirty water
- Good water gone bad
- Solutions to tap-water crisis frustratingly tough to come by
- Dangers of nitrates well known, but stats are scarce
- Rural residents: 'Who knows what's in the water?'
- Tainted water flows from taps of rural Valley homes
September, 2011
- Community Water Center to Celebrate Fifth Anniversary: Nonprofit Shines Spotlight on Local Water Issues
- USA (Concerned Country), ID on Right to Water and Sanitation, 8th Plenary Meeting
- Water and sanitation in the USA
- UN reports on Valley's bad water
- Buscan que al agua potable sea derecho de todos en CA
August, 2011
- U.N. water report focuses on California problems
- UN Special Report on Water Zeroes in on California Issues, Problems
- Latinos in agricultural areas exposed more to groundwater contamination
- Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque
July, 2011
June, 2011
- No more brown water
- Latinos Have Higher Exposure to Nitrate-Contaminated Drinking Water, Study Finds
- Study links Latino towns and nitrate water problems
- Water distributions in the Valley, and how you can help
- Water Distribution
- Social Disparities in Nitrate-Contaminated Drinking Water in California’s San Joaquin Valley