Report shows Kern’s water systems have “alarming trend” of contamination violations – SJV Water

Report shows Kern’s water systems have “alarming trend” of contamination violations – SJV Water

Rural Kern County residents have a higher likelihood of drinking water tainted with unhealthful levels of contaminants than their southern California neighbors, thanks, in part to Kern’s hodgepodge of small, under resourced water systems, according to a report from the Luskin Center for Innovation at the University of California, Los Angeles. Researchers found that Kern’s 164 systems serve an average 5,393 customers, indicating significant “wate…