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Panels that make water of thin air finally getting fixed in tiny Allensworth

May 7, 2024

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

Residents of Allensworth are finally getting attention from a company that installed and then abandoned hydropanels, which make water out of thin air, several years ago. As SJV Water reported in March, residents were frustrated they couldn’t get support from Source Global, the company behind the panels, after the panels had fallen into disrepair. Following…

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Grant to pay for long-term solution ideas to fix recurring water problems in rural Tulare County communities

March 19, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

Heads up to creative consultants interested in finding long-term solutions to stubborn drinking water problems in small, rural communities such as Teviston and Allensworth: Tulare County has a grant for you. Tulare County is offering a $371,000 contract for a consultant or consultants to use in finding long-term fixes to wells that routinely dry up…

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Allensworth residents feel abandoned by company that makes water out of thin air

March 13, 2024

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

Allensworth is one of the testing grounds for a hydropanel that creates drinking water out of thin air. But two years into the program, community members say the hydropanel company has left them high and dry while many of the hydropanels have broken down. Allensworth has struggled with arsenic-laced groundwater for decades. In 2021, Source…

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Tiny, rural Allensworth takes on climate change with help from state grant

November 8, 2022

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

The fight against climate change is coming to the small town of Allensworth in Tulare County. The state awarded $300,000 to the Allensworth Progressive Association, a local nonprofit, to “implement neighborhood-level projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve public health and the environment and expand economic opportunity for residents,” according to a press release from…

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Clawing its way toward clean water, tiny Allensworth keeps pushing forward

June 9, 2022

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

The long quest for clean drinking water in the small town of Allensworth has been beset by all manner of challenges – arsenic, a thicket of government red tape, lack of funding and even a protected lizard. Now, after 14 years of wrangling (including having a special bill passed), as residents are finally on the…

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Tiny Allensworth on the front lines of bad water and innovative solutions

May 16, 2022

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

When it comes to finding innovative solutions to drinking water problems, the tiny community of Allensworth in Tulare county has long been on the front lines. This spring, the community began testing a new technology that would “jolt” arsenic out of its groundwater. And since 2021, Allensworth has also been home to another new technology…

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Some rural California residents doubt they’ll ever get clean water

May 5, 2021

• by Claudia Boyd-Barrett

EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece is part of a collaboration that includes the Institute for Nonprofit News, California Health Report, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism, Circle of Blue, Columbia Insight, Ensia, High Country News, New Mexico In Depth and SJV Water. It was made possible by a grant from The Water Desk, with support from Ensia…

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Panels that make water of thin air finally getting fixed in tiny Allensworth

Grant to pay for long-term solution ideas to fix recurring water problems in rural Tulare County communities

Allensworth residents feel abandoned by company that makes water out of thin air

Tiny, rural Allensworth takes on climate change with help from state grant

Clawing its way toward clean water, tiny Allensworth keeps pushing forward

Tiny Allensworth on the front lines of bad water and innovative solutions

Some rural California residents doubt they’ll ever get clean water

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