‘I won’t let them drink’: The California towns where clean drinking water is out of reach

In a major milestone, state regulators announced in July that nearly a million more Californians now have safe drinking water than five years ago. 

But across the state, the problem remains severe: More than 735,000 people are still served by the nearly 400 water systems that fail to meet state requirements for safe and reliable drinking water. Latino farm communities struggling with poverty and pollution are especially hard-hit.