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Bottles filled with contaminated tap water from San Joaquin Valley communities are on display at the Visalia, California, office of the Community Water Center, which advocates for clean drinking water for all.

Environment

How Water Contamination Is Putting California’s San Joaquin Valley at Risk

More than one million people in the San Joaquin Valley region have been exposed to unsafe drinking water in recent years from pesticides, arsenic, nitrate, and uranium. And many communities also face multiple environmental health threats.

Robin Meadows

Environment

The Dangers Lurking in California School Drinking Fountains

It has become too risky for tens of thousands of children in the San Joaquin Valley to drink water at their schools due to chronic contamination by chemicals, pesticides, and other toxins.

Sasha Abramsky

A pistachio orchard in Tulare County, California, was planted during California’s five-year drought. A record 904 water wells were drilled in the county during 2015, in part to help sustain agricultural operations.

Environment

The Fight for Groundwater in California’s San Joaquin Valley

Drought conditions continue for thousands of rural residents in the San Joaquin Valley who rely on groundwater, and the race to dig deeper wells is a losing game.

Mark Grossi