Our Purpose

Each year, one million Californians are exposed to unsafe drinking water. Approximately 300 water systems – spanning every region of the state – fail to meet safe water standards. Contaminated water is a public health disaster – putting Californians at risk for cancer, birth defects, heart disease, diabetes and infant mortality.

To fix California's toxic taps crisis, community, health, labor, and business organizations and families living with contaminated water have come together to support legislation to create a sustainable Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund.

On July 24, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation providing a source of funding needed to maintain safe, affordable water systems that serve our most vulnerable communities up and down the state. Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund Coalition members joined the governor in the Central Valley to mark this historic moment, noting "As Governor Newsom’s signature closes one chapter in our historic march toward justice, it begins a new phase in which communities will be vigilant that these funds are used swiftly and surely to realize the human right to safe, affordable drinking water across California.”