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‘I won’t let them drink the water’: The California towns where clean drinking water is out of reach

Sherry Hunter pours a cup of bottled water she uses to brush her teeth in her home in Allensworth on Sept.4, 2024. The San Joaquin Valley community of about 500 people has been dealing with arsenic contamination of its public wells, one of which regularly exceeds state health limits. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Sherry Hunter pours a cup of bottled water she uses to brush her teeth in her home in Allensworth on Sept.4, 2024. The San Joaquin Valley community of about 500 people has been dealing with arsenic contamination of its public wells, one of which regularly exceeds state health limits. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
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In a major milestone, state regulators announced in July that nearly a million more Californians now have safe drinking water than five years ago. But across the state, the problem remains severe: More than 735,000 people are still served by the nearly 400 water systems that fail to meet state requirements for safe and reliable drinking water. Latino farm communities […]

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