For nearly 20 years, California’s Central Valley residents have grappled with arsenic in their tap water at levels that can cause cancer and other diseases. Now, researchers are suggesting that the state’s ground is sinking, and that this could be exacerbating the arsenic levels.
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Rural Community Assistance Corporation’s Loan Fund celebrates 30 years of lending
July 25, 2018 marks Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) Loan Fund’s 30th anniversary. RCAC created the Loan Fund in 1988 with an initial $1 million investment from the Ford Foundation. An additional $1 million loan (later converted to a grant) from Bank of America boosted lending capital. The Loan Fund was later certified as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI).
California tunnel project gets investment from water regulators in the south
California WaterFix, the massive water project that will construct two tunnels to deliver Sacramento River water from northern California to the southern half of the state got an $11 billion investment from water regulators in Los Angeles.
Record drought in American Southwest leads to water restrictions
The Four Corners region of the United States – the meeting point of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah – is in a severe drought with no end in sight, leaving farmers, ranchers, water regulators and tourists facing restrictions on usage.
California voters to decide on two multi-billion dollar water bonds
Although California has spent only $1 billion of the $7.5 billion included in the Proposition 1 water bond passed in 2014, the state’s voters this year will consider whether to allocate another $13 billion toward water conservation and usage. One of those, Proposition 68, is a $4.1 billion bond measure …