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The Importance of SGMA in the Battle Against Climate Change
The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) was passed by the California legislature in 2014 in an effort to stop decades of overdraft of California’s aquifers and ensure California groundwater is being managed sustainably. Safeguarding the success of SGMA is essential for California’s future water supply needs.
Water Justice Delayed for Low-income Californians
In California, the Human Right to Water guarantees safe, clean and affordable drinking water for all. Twelve years later, and we are still allowing families to fall into debt when unable to pay for this vital service. We need real solutions now.
State Water Board proposes plan to provide relief for Californians struggling to pay water bills
For Immediate Release February 26, 2020 SACRAMENTO - California residents and clean water advocates commend the State Water Board for releasing its proposed plan for a statewide water affordability program on Tuesday. While families can currently get help to pay unaffordable energy bills through a long-running federal program, no similar universal program exists for water — often forcing families to choose between paying for water or meeting other basic needs. Research shows that the inability to pay water bills has clear links to eviction and homelessness in California and across the country
CA Lagging Behind on PFAS, But Has the Chance to Do it Right
Joint Post with Anna Reade, Staff Scientist with Natural Resources Defense Council The estimated number of Californians affected by water contaminated by toxic PFAS chemicals is rising. Data released just last week confirms that California has cause for worry, and underscores that the state should act now to protect its residents. One way to do that is to pass laws that stop unnecessary use and release of these harmful chemicals and that provide for better testing for them. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, constitute a large class of man-made chemicals used widely in industrial
Protecting Californians from Oil and Gas Production
More than 5 million Californians live near oil and gas production. In Kern County, oil production is wedged between homes and looms over schools and playground. Our communities are under a haze of contaminants due to the gargantuan fields of oil and gas wells bordering towns and scattered along our roads.
