This is the third installment in our series Contaminated, in which we explore the 300 California communities that lack access to clean drinking water. When we began the series , we introduced you to the community of Lanare, which has arsenic-tainted water while a treatment plant in the center of …
Read More »New Valley PBS Documentary Miniseries Looks At Water In California’s Central Valley
Earlier this month Valley PBS launched a documentary miniseries called “Tapped Out: The History and Battle over Water in California’s San Joaquin Valley.” The four-part series examines the history of water in California. Each episode delves into a different part of the history and future of water in the region …
Read More »Kansas City nonprofit taps into an innovative idea to solve global water crisis
Kansas City native Gary White has been chasing clean water and rudimentary toilets for more than 30 years. You see, much of the world’s poorest populations live without them even … Click to Continue »
Read More »Helicopter footage of water rescue
On Sunday, May 21, 2017, the California Highway Patrol Central Division Air Operations, H-40, helped the Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District rescue two stranded kayakers on the Stanislaus River. Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District posted this video on its Facebook page. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Cash-strapped Oklahoma again floats idea of selling water to Texas
There’s always been a heated rivalry between the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners, especially on the football field. But another topic that has long stirred up an anti-Texas fervor is … Click to Continue »
Read More »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 …
Read More »Drinking Water Is A Human Right, But These Valley Residents Don’t Have It
In 2012, California made history when it became the first U.S. state to declare that clean drinking water is a human right. But five years later, nearly 300 communities still can’t drink their water, according to new state data—many of which are in the San Joaquin Valley. Today we debut …
Read More »California proposes stringent cap on toxic chemical in drinking water
California regulators are proposing a strict limit on a toxic man-made chemical that has contaminated water supplies throughout the state, particularly in its vast agricultural heartland. California would be only … Click to Continue »
Read More »USGS finds vast reserves of salty water underground
A new nationwide study has unearthed the huge hidden potential of tapping into salty aquifers as a way to relieve the growing pressure on freshwater supplies across the United States. … Click to Continue »
Read More »News of full water allocation for Westside farmers is good, but late
Westside Merced County farmers are happy that, for the first time since 2006, they’ll receive their full water allocation from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. But some feel the news … Click to Continue »
Read More »Drought busted: Bureau of Reclamation boosts water allocation to 100 percent for west-side farmers
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is boosting the water allocation for farmers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to 100 percent for the first time since 2006. The announcement Tuesday … Click to Continue »
Read More »West Side farmers to get a 65 percent water allocation from Central Valley Project
With ample rainfall and an above-average snowpack, west side San Joaquin Valley growers were hoping the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation would give them a 100 percent allocation of water this … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fight the attempt to kill the Clean Water Rule
In his February address to Congress, President Donald Trump promised clean water for all Americans. Why, then, is his administration intent on dismantling protections that cover a third of the … Click to Continue »
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