‘It smells bad’: the US farmworkers grappling with unsafe water at home

‘It smells bad’: the US farmworkers grappling with unsafe water at home

Posted on January 23, 2024

Wells serving the 75 farm worker homes in Tooleville, in Tulare county, frequently run dry and are otherwise contaminated with nitrate and chromium. Trucks haul in water multiple times a day “just so people can remain housed”, said Jessi Snyder, the program director for Self-Help Enterprises (SHE). Her community development organization seeks to address housing and water service inequities and the public health disparities they foster.