Water Equity Blog

📚 Featured Resource:  In this article, Dr. Monica Palta and Dr. Esther Lofton explore how groundwater nitrate contamination disproportionately affects disadvantaged communities that rely on groundwater for their drinking water. They examine the connections between water quality, public health,…

By Drs. Monica Palta UC ANR/UCI, Esther Lofton, UC ANR  and Chris Olivares, UCI Nearly half the tap water in the U.S. contains PFAS, but some communities are more affected than others (Pexels/Jynto/Wikipedia/CC0 1.0 ). If you've been following water quality news, you've probably heard the term…

Featured AnalysisBy Laljeet Sangha, Ph.DUC Cooperative Extension Advisor – UCCE Kern CountyAs communities across California work to upgrade aging wastewater infrastructure, affordability is becoming an increasingly important issue. In this analysis, Dr. Laljeet Sangha examines the potential household impacts…

 Advancing Water Equity Across CaliforniaWater systems are both technical and social infrastructures. Across California, disparities in access, affordability, infrastructure reliability, water quality, and exposure to environmental risk continue to affect communities differently. Addressing these…