This is the second in a series of stories looking at water quality issues in unincorporated Stanislaus County. If you’ve got concerns about your water source, please complete this short survey or reach out to [email protected]. This project is supported by the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s California Health Equity Fellowship.
Lined up alongside many of the homes inside the Riverview Mobile Home Estates are five-gallon jugs of water, some full, some empty. They started piling up in November 2022 when many of the around 250 residents of the Hughson-area park became eligible to receive free state-funded water.
The mobile home park, previously known as Pinewood Meadows, is considered a severely disadvantaged community located near Fox Grove Park, between a walnut orchard, a honey farm and a defunct landfill…