The Problem Is Clear: The
Water Is Filthy
In this article it discusses
the contamination in water in Seville, California. About 300 people populate
this area and spend double the money on water a month because they cannot even
use tap water fearing contamination. Areas such as, Seville, is an impoverished
Latino agricultural community. The ground has too much chemical fertilizer,
animal waste, pesticides, and other chemicals that eventually reach the tap
water. Cases have shown foggy colored water from water fountains, and someone
even found a rock in their water. The principal spends $100 - $500 a month on
bottled water and kids are not allowed to use the water fountains to make sure
the water the children are drinking is 100% safe. This money spent on bottled
water per month could be spent on one new laptop instead if water as cleaner. An
estimated 20 percent of small public water systems in Tulare County are unable
to meet safe nitrate levels, according to a United Nations representative.
These water conditions are being compared to third world country problems.
These communities lack in backup systems financially. Fertilizers and other
chemicals used on the cropland decades ago will still affect these areas for a
couple years. In Fresno County the community was given 1.3 million dollars to
make a treatment plant but the prices in water skyrocketed and it’s left
unused. The state is now allocating 4 million dollars interim solutions like
filters under sinks but it will take time for this and even temporary
solutions. It’s something so simple in life taken away.
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