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California Households Owe $1 Billion in Water Bills, Highlighting the State’s Water Affordability Crisis
More than 1.6 million households in the state have unpaid water bills, and much of the debt centers in Black and Latinx communities that have been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID-19 Impact on Household Water System Debt at Zip Code Level
Analysis of State Water Board Survey Data by UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Authors: Gregory Pierce, Peter Roquemore, Jacqueline Adams, Angelica Ruiz and Silvia R. González![](https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/water-pub-2.jpg)
The Human Right to Water in Poor Communities of Color
Urban Disadvantaged Community Water Systems In Southern Los Angeles County
Authors: Madelyn Glickfeld, Peter Roquemore, Gregory Pierce, and Michael Reibel![](https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/creek-cropped.jpg)
EPA Used Dubious Methodology to Justify Weakening the Clean Water Act
EPA analysis assumes most states will step in to protect waterways as over half of U.S. wetlands and 35% of streams in West lose federal protection.
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Decennial Report
Our First Decade and Future Impact
Environmental Policy Research for Healthy Communities and a Sustainable World![](https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/water-consolidation-495x400.png)
Utility Consolidation to Achieve Health Equity
This article was originally posted by the Environmental Policy…
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Study Aims to Bolster California’s Safe Water Efforts at Child Care Facilities
UCLA analysis offers wide-ranging guidance on state mandate to…
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Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in California’s Childcare Facilities
Implications for AB 2370 Program Development from Los Angeles County
Authors: Gregory Pierce, Silvia González and Eliza Amstutz![](https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Meagan-Report.jpg)
Thirst on Campus
How can tap water be more fully utilized as the healthy and sustainable alternative to sugar-sweetened beverages?
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When Utilities Shut Off Water for the Poor, We Are All at Risk
By Laura Feinstein and Morgan Shimabuku of the Pacific Institute,…