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Unsafe to drink: Wildfires threaten rural towns with tainted water
The damage to water systems can linger for years. The cost in just one small town: as much as $150 million. For more than a month after a wildfire raced through his lakeside community and destroyed...
View ArticlePremature or precautionary? California is first to tackle microplastics in...
California is about to set the world’s first health guidelines for microplastics in drinking water. Yet no one agrees how to test water for the tiny bits of plastic, or how dangerous they are. This...
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Running out of water and time: How unprepared is California for 2021’s drought?
With most of the state gripped by extreme dryness, CalMatters digs into which conditions are better—and which are worse—than the last record-breaking drought. When James Brumder and his wife Louise...
View ArticleForever chemicals: California unveils health goals for contaminated drinking...
It’s California’s first big step toward regulating “forever chemicals,” which are ubiquitous in California and around the globe. The proposed goals—which aim to make the cancer risk negligible—are...
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California wells are running dry: “People are … going to lose access to...
As drought worsens, there are few, if any, protections in place for California’s depleted groundwater. The new law gave local agencies at least 26 years — until 2040 — to stop the impacts of...
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As California’s drought deepens, water use drops a meager 1.8%
Officials warn that next year’s cuts in water supply could go even deeper as severe drought grips nearly 90% of California. Lea este artículo en español. Californians reduced their water use at home...
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