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Despite progress, chemicals and other pollutants are still contaminating rivers, lakes, beaches, and aquifers. Innovative approaches are needed to protect water supply for people and ecosystems.

Selected publications

Managing Wastewater in a Changing Climate April 2019
This report assesses climate-related challenges facing California’s wastewater sector, and reviews policy and planning approaches to address them.

photo - Dirty Brown Water Running from a Filthy Faucet

California’s Water: Providing Safe Drinking Water November 2018
A policy brief on California’s ongoing water quality challenges, which mostly affect smaller, rural, disadvantaged communities.

Priorities for California’s Water October 2017
This report summarizes issues that are front and center for managing California’s water supply and natural environment, and describes priorities for action.

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Water Quality February 2019

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Water quality problems affect most regions in California

Some 80,000 to 160,000 residents in poor, rural communities lack safe drinking water.