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California's Toxic Legacy

What happens when a rural area’s only well is contaminated?

by Rebecca Sohn November 19, 2020November 21, 2020

As California’s new requirements for forever chemicals kick in, small providers in remote towns struggle to clean up their water.

A water tank serving Buena Vista Migrant Center near Watsonville on Nov. 10, 2020. The tank stores water from a well that exceeds state guidelines for a chemical called PFOA by 3 parts per trillion--the state's new threshold is 10. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California's Toxic Legacy

Well water throughout California contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’

by Rachel Becker November 19, 2020December 4, 2020