b'Safe Drinking WaterArvin, California completed a longThis was a unified effort from the journey toward accessing safe drinking water in 2021. In 2008, the communitysbottom up for the community. The water system failed to comply withcommunity, local water board, state safe drinking water regulations dueand federal regulators and numerous to high arsenic levels. The California Endowment selected the communitytechnical assistance providers all came for its pilot Agua4All program intogether to make it happen. partnership with RCAC, Community Water Center and Pueblo Unido Community Development Corporation. The programtouchless water bottle filling stations havemillion-gallon water tank and brought increases access to and consumptionproven to be especially beneficial duringthousands of feet of new pipelines online of safe drinking water in schools andthe pandemic, and the reusable bottlesto implement a long-term solution to communities by installing touchlesshave helped to both increase waterprovide safe water.water bottle filling stations and providingconsumption in the community and reusable water bottles and interimcut back on solid waste. All in all, RCACThis was a unified effort from the bottom treatment solutions where necessary.managed 170 filters at multiple sites,up for the community. The community, In tandem with Agua4All, RCACincluding all the schools, parks, healthlocal water board, state and federal implemented the Arvin Interim Solutionsclinics and other community locations.regulators and numerous technical project, which tested water and installedassistance providers all came together to arsenic removal filters and protectiveAfter years of interim solutions, themake it happen, said Jerry Tinoco, RCAC cabinets. RCAC staff also developedcommunity successfully drilled sixRural Development Specialist and Arvin operating manuals and monitorednew production wells, built a newcommunity member.the drinking water filling stations. The 2021 Rural Community Assistance Corporation Annual Report 5'