Environmental Justice Coalition For Water

Programs: Ejcw has achieved the following in the past fiscal year: 1) expanded on a body of educational materials, including fact sheets, an environmental justice and water leadership training curriculum, and our website, to convey our message on the human right to water and other water-justice awareness-building campaigns. 2) educated more than 280 individuals throughout california on water justice issues, at various workshops, trainings, meetings, conferences, and other outreach opportunities, focusing on a unified message of sustainable and equitable water governance for california. 3) assisted disadvantaged communities to develop project ideas and funding applications, capacity building, technical assistance, and regional planning, etc. , to address drinking water- and sanitation-related needs. 4) initiated a multi-year program in the san francisco bay area to involve residents of disadvantaged communities in watershed planning and project development through outreach and education, data collection and analysis, problem and solution identification and prioritization, technical assistance and project development. 5) worked with allies to educate the public and decision-makers about the water crisis in california, including the drought, sea level rise, saltwater intrusion, extreme weather events, the intermittent nature of water supply, degradation of upper watersheds and stress on overtaxed ecosystems and the local economies (including affordable housing, etc. ) that depend on them, and other water-related impacts of a changing climate. 6) lead a regional planning effort designed to identify and meet the drinking water and sanitation needs of disadvantaged communities in the salinas valley and surrounding areas of california's central coast, including the addition of several emergency interim drinking water projects and a domestic well outreach and education project for communities with contaminated water sources. 7) participated in a state-agency-hosted, multi-stakeholder planning process to design a statewide water utility ratepayer assistance program in 2018.