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Study Shows Vulnerable CA Communities Left Behind in Groundwater Sustainability Planning

July 19, 2023 | By Ngodoo Atume

For the past three years, Clean Water Action has played a leading role in assessing how groundwater sustainability plans submitted to the state of California are considering and protecting vulnerable communities dependent on groundwater as their source of drinking water. Key findings show that 63% of domestic users across the state are not protected by current sustainability plans.

Map of California Groundwater Sustainability Basins and Stakeholder Engagement

Ngodoo Atume presenting at California Groundwater Awareness Week conference

2023 Groundwater Awareness Week in California

March 8, 2023 | By Jennifer Clary and Ngodoo Atume

Because of our leadership in protecting groundwater, Clean Water Action was invited to join the Department of Water Resources in Sacramento on Monday to kick off Groundwater Awareness Week. Our Water Policy Analyst, Ngodoo Atume presented on the importance of engaging and protecting vulnerable communities that depend on groundwater.

Are Groundwater Sustainability Plans upholding the Human Right to Water in California?

March 21, 2022 | By Ngodoo Atume

In 2012, the state of California passed the Human Right to Water to ensure that every California resident has safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water adequate for human consumption, cooking, and sanitary purposes.

Community Water Tour in the San Joaquin Valley - Mr. Benitez next to his groundwater well

Community Participation in Groundwater Sustainability: The City of Weed

April 23, 2019 | By Nina Foushee

Angelina Cook is an environmental activist based in Siskiyou county. She advocates for including the City of Weed in the Shasta Valley Groundwater Sustainability Plan and working to protect the city’s groundwater from expanded pumping by private bottling companies. Clean Water Action's

Community Participation in Groundwater Sustainability: The Borrego Valley

April 8, 2019 | By Nina Foushee

Imagine over 600,000 acres of wilderness. You are surrounded by blue sky, mountains, rock formations and a cornucopia of plants including creosote, palo verde, cacti, and ocotillo. As you walk around, you have the opportunity to see bighorn sheep, mountain lions, kit foxes, mule deer, coyotes

Community Participation in Groundwater Sustainability: Ventura County

March 18, 2019 | By Nina Foushee

Candice Meneghin serves on the board of the Fillmore and Piru Basins (FPB) Groundwater Sustainability Agency as an environmental representative for the Santa Clara River Environmental Groundwater Committee. She also serves on the board of a local nonprofit, Friends of the Santa Clara River, which