Thirsty for Justice: The Fight for Safe Drinking Water

By Debi Ores, Esq.

October 2020

A 2012 California law provides that safe, affordable drinking water is a human right, but the author, a water advocate, details how infrastructure is lacking or non-existent; groundwater is contaminated with unregulated industrial carcinogens; many small water systems are unsustainable; and costs are sharply rising. As a result, a million Californians lack adequate, safe and afford_able drinking water. The author calls for California to develop solutions to this life-threatening situation.