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Program to replace nitrate-laden drinking water moving too slowly, advocates say

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water
Free water deliveries have started for some San Joaquin Valley residents with nitrate contaminated wells. But advocates worry that nine months into the state’s nitrate control program, outreach has been lacking and not enough wells have been tested. The nitrate control program launched in May of 2021. It offers free water deliveries for residents whose…
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Public slow to respond to new drinking water program for rural San Joaquin Valley residents

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water reporting trainee
The state is finally beginning to address a decades-long problem of dangerous drinking water in parts of the San Joaquin Valley under a new “management zone” program but hardly anyone is paying attention. Even the prospect of free water testing and free water hasn’t garnered much enthusiasm. Regardless of the lackluster response, program managers will…
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