In 2012, California passed Assembly Bill 685, which recognized the right to safe and affordable drinking water for all Californians. Over the course of a decade, California will spend more than $1 billion dollars on drinking water infrastructure projects, especially in small and marginalized communities. Though a collaboration of the California Institute for Water Resources (CIWR) and UC Merced's FEWS-US Lab (Food-Energy-Water Systems for and with the Underserved), we are developing extension resources, knowledge, and technical information for safe and affordable drinking water.
People
Erik Porse, PhD
Director, Cooperative
Extension Specialist
Colleen C. Naughton
Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California Merced
Celeste Navarrete
UC Berkeley GrizzlyCorps Fellow
2024-2025
Based at UC Merced
Resources
Factsheets: Drinking Water Quality
Introduction to Drinking Water Quality
Getting Your Water Tested
