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Title: Measuring Progress Toward Universal Access to Water and Sanitation in California: Defining Goals, Indicators, and Performance Measures

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: Most people in California take for granted the water and sanitation in their homes. They turn the tap and clean, relatively inexpensive, abundant water flows out. They flush the toilet, and waste vanishes. Yet there are communities in California who do not have these basic necessities in their homes. In January 2018, over half a million Californians were served by water utilities that were out of compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The worst outbreak of Hepatitis A in recent memory occurred in 2016-2018 due to open defecation and lack of handwashing facilities for persons experiencing homelessness. California’s tribes continue to face problems of poor housing and water and sanitation service, with two-thirds of tribal communities reporting inadequate home plumbing in 2015.1 And the cost of water has increased for many, particularly among small and medium size systems, with 39 community water systems in the state charging more than $100 a . . .

Url: http://pacinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Measuring-Progress_Pacific-Institute_Sep-2018.pdf

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Authors: Feinstein, Laura

Publisher: Pacific Institute

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Natural Resource Management, Other, Poverty and Welfare

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