California’s Water Crisis Exposes Government Failures and Risks to American Families

For families like Agustin and Ricarda Toledo in Southern California's Eastern Coachella Valley, fetching clean water isn’t a choice — it’s a necessity. Once thriving communities now grapple with tap water so contaminated with arsenic that the Toledo family must drive 14 miles weekly just to fill jugs with safe water for cooking and drinking. This is not an isolated hardship but part of a larger pattern of government neglect impacting nearly 900,000 Californians relying on failing water systems. How Did America Let Its Own Citizens Drink Poisoned Water? The root of this crisis lies in decades of disregard for...