(Here’s the sign-up, if you don’t already get California Today delivered to your inbox.) When I was working for The Bakersfield Californian, I wrote about the woes of a tiny water company whose last well ran dry. I remember being surprised that even in California, people lived without reliable access to water. Jose explained why:Nearly one million Californians are exposed to unsafe drinking water each year. And while California’s drinking water problems span the length of the state, about half of California’s failing water systems are concentrated in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley.

Source: New York Times May 21, 2019 13:18 UTC