The Communities
The Community Water Center provides direct organizing, education and legal assistance to low-income, predominantly Latino communities in order to help them address immediate drinking water challenges.
Alpaugh:
As a result of the efforts of the Committee for a Better Alpaugh, the community received $4 million in state and federal grants to upgrade their water system after finding high levels of arsenic in their wells.More Info
Cutler-Orosi:
Vecinos Unidos not only forced the rescission of an unconstitutional ordinance discriminating against extended families – with literally 200 residents participating at local water board meetings and press conferences – but have pushed for language access policies that allow the mostly Spanish-speaking community to effectively participate in board meetings.More Info
Ducor:
Si Se Puede en Ducor forced their water board to clean up residential water that was black and smelled like sewage.More Info
East Orosi:
Vecinos Unidos forced the East Orosi Community Services District to hold public meetings for the first time in over a year and apply for half a million dollars in grants to reduce illegal nitrate levels and secure safe water.More Info
Monson:
Residents in Monson have come together to address the high levels of nitrates in their private wells.More Info
Plainview:
Concerned residents took over the Plainview Mutual Water Company and helped secure $2.3 million for a new well and distribution system.More Info
Seville:
After almost 6 months of negotiations, Seville residents have successfully convinced the County of Tulare to temporarily take over their water system!More Info
Tonyville:
After nearly a decade of receiving nitrate-contaminated water three months out of the year, Tonyville families created the grassroots group, La Voz de Tonyville, and convinced the state to issue a compliance order requiring the water provider to deliver potable water year-round.More Info
Tooleville:
The community-based, Tooleville Mutual Nonprofit Water Association secured emergency funding to fix a broken well during the sweltering summer heat and obtained a neighboring city’s permission to use its pipes to import previously-unavailable safe water.More Info
West Goshen:
Residents resurrected the West Goshen Mutual Water Company, secured funding to fix a broken well, and brought the system back from near-bankruptcy.More Info
