California's agricultural communities have long struggled with well contamination from pesticides. A $20 million grant from the Biden administration was aimed at providing clean water and improving municipal infrastructure, but this funding was revoked by the Trump administration, which labeled it as wasteful. Advocates have expressed that this decision is an act of cruelty, worsening an already dire drinking water crisis affecting about 5,500 residents, particularly in Monterey county where water supplies are contaminated with dangerous chemicals like 1,2,3-TCP.
Thousands of residents in California's agricultural heartland have faced contamination of their wells with pesticides. The grant aimed to provide clean water and improve municipal sources.
The rescinded grant would have improved drinking water for about 5,500 people in rural Monterey county, highlighting the need for safe drinking water amidst severe contamination.
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