Did you know that in California, there’s a human right to affordable water? In 2012, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 685, adding this language to the state Water Code: “every human being has the ...

TALLAHASSEE — An appeals court Thursday rejected a voter-approved measure that sought to establish a “right to clean water” in the Brevard County community of Titusville, saying it conflicted with ...

The department highlighted that inadequate access to safe drinking water disproportionately affects vulnerable communities, particularly women and girls.

María, a 41-year-old Indigenous Maya woman from Guatemala lives without access to running water. Three times a week, she makes a two-hour round trip to collect water from a well or ravine, sometimes ...

James Larew was general counsel for Gov. Chet Culver and is an attorney from Iowa City. This essay was adapted from remarks he prepared for the Polk County Board of Supervisors, which formally ...