{"id":91,"count":42,"description":"Approximately 1 million Californians lack access to reliable and safe drinking water. Arsenic, nitrates, coliform, hexavalent chromium, and other <\/span>contaminants<\/b><\/a> taint the water that runs through tens of thousands of taps in homes and schools throughout rural and inland California. <\/span>D<\/b>rought<\/b><\/a>, long-term changes to precipitation, and historic and ongoing overpumping of groundwater supplies combine to deplete water supplies and put both domestic wells and small water systems at risk of failure. Additionally, past and present pollution and naturally occurring contaminants has made water throughout much of Inland California unsafe to drink and too expensive to treat. Many rural low-income communities also rely on outdated and failing septic systems that threaten public health, exposing communities to fecal coliform and other bacteria lingering in the soil. The cost of drinking water continues to rise and many Californians must buy bottled water for drinking and cooking if they want - and can afford - safe drinking water.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nWe advocate for <\/span>funding<\/b><\/a> to support basic infrastructure and affordable drinking water rates, and policies that ensure all communities without access to safe and reliable water and wastewater service can benefit from sustainable solutions including <\/span>system consolidation<\/span><\/a>, while also addressing the root causes of service inequality and deficiency: land use, exclusionary municipal policies, over-pumping of the aquifer, and pollution from dairies, irrigated agriculture, and other sources.<\/span>","link":"https:\/\/leadershipcounsel.org\/es\/category\/advocacy-issue\/water\/","name":"Safe and Affordable Drinking Water and Wastewater Service","slug":"water","taxonomy":"category","parent":97,"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSafe and Affordable Drinking Water and Wastewater Service Archives - Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadershipcounsel.org\/es\/category\/advocacy-issue\/water\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Safe and Affordable Drinking Water and Wastewater Service Archives - Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Approximately 1 million Californians lack access to reliable and safe drinking water. Arsenic, nitrates, coliform, hexavalent chromium, and other contaminants taint the water that runs through tens of thousands of taps in homes and schools throughout rural and inland California. Drought, long-term changes to precipitation, and historic and ongoing overpumping of groundwater supplies combine to deplete water supplies and put both domestic wells and small water systems at risk of failure. Additionally, past and present pollution and naturally occurring contaminants has made water throughout much of Inland California unsafe to drink and too expensive to treat. Many rural low-income communities also rely on outdated and failing septic systems that threaten public health, exposing communities to fecal coliform and other bacteria lingering in the soil. The cost of drinking water continues to rise and many Californians must buy bottled water for drinking and cooking if they want – and can afford – safe drinking water.\u00a0 We advocate for funding to support basic infrastructure and affordable drinking water rates, and policies that ensure all communities without access to safe and reliable water and wastewater service can benefit from sustainable solutions including system consolidation, while also addressing the root causes of service inequality and deficiency: land use, exclusionary municipal policies, over-pumping of the aquifer, and pollution from dairies, irrigated agriculture, and other sources.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leadershipcounsel.org\/es\/category\/advocacy-issue\/water\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"CollectionPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/category\\\/advocacy-issue\\\/water\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/category\\\/advocacy-issue\\\/water\\\/\",\"name\":\"Safe and Affordable Drinking Water and Wastewater Service Archives - Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/category\\\/advocacy-issue\\\/water\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/category\\\/advocacy-issue\\\/water\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Issues\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/es\\\/category\\\/advocacy-issue\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Safe and Affordable Drinking Water and Wastewater Service\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/leadershipcounsel_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/leadershipcounsel_logo.png\",\"width\":385,\"height\":134,\"caption\":\"Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadershipcounsel.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Safe and Affordable Drinking Water and Wastewater Service Archives - Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/leadershipcounsel.org\/es\/category\/advocacy-issue\/water\/","og_locale":"es_MX","og_type":"article","og_title":"Safe and Affordable Drinking Water and Wastewater Service Archives - Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability","og_description":"Approximately 1 million Californians lack access to reliable and safe drinking water. 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