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CHEMICAL IN THE WATER: Wasco State Prison misses multiple deadlines to clean water supply

California State Water Resources Control Board issues compliance deadline in May 2018. Six years later, the contaminant is still present.…

5 months ago

The EPA Has Found More Than a Dozen Contaminants in Drinking Water but Hasn’t Set Safety Limits on Them

Credit: Illustration by Micha Huigen, special to ProPublica The inaction on regulating contaminants — including those that likely cause cancer,…

1 year ago

The water is contaminated. But California bottled water program isn’t helping this town

A failed 50-year-old well in late May meant boiling water for Earlimart residents. But even as the boil order was…

4 years ago

Cancer-Causing Pesticide ‘Garbage’ Taints Tap Water for Millions in California

California produces two-thirds of America's fruits and nuts, and a third of its vegetables, with the lion's share grown in…

8 years ago