Thursday , March 28 2024

Oakhurst’s Water Is Radioactive, But Cleanup Is Right Around The Corner

In late April, we launched a series called “Contaminated” where our team explores communities in the region affected by water unsafe to drink. In our first story, we visited a Fresno County community that can’t afford to maintain the arsenic treatment plant the federal government funded 10 years ago. We continue today with a look at a Madera County mountain community where residents have been exposed to a different hazardous material in water for decades—but they could have clean water by the end of the year. When Debbie Acree and her husband moved to the city of Oakhurst 17 years ago, they were told the water may not be safe to drink. They weren’t too worried—until: “The first morning, we get up and make a cup of coffee,” says Acree. “My husband puts creamer in it and it actually curdled. We were like, ‘Oh my God, we’ve got to go buy water.’” Since then, they’ve stocked up on $ 50-worth of bottled water every month. The water in Oakhurst has many problems, but plumber Rick Markley has
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