Fellow Story

Contaminated Drinking Water in California's Central Valley - March 2011 Retreat

Fellow(s): Carolina Balazs, Jim Downing
Topic(s): Environmental & Public Health, Environmental & Social Justice, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Policy, Water Resources

Polluted aquifers in the San Joaquin Valley deprive dozens of communities of safe tap water. Switzer Fellow Carolina Balazs is working with local residents to help understand and address the problem. Produced by 2003 Switzer Fellow Jim Downing.  (See related post.)

Meet the Fellows in this Story

Carolina Balazs

Carolina Balazs

2009 Fellow
Carolina is passionate about applying her training in water resource management, environmental justice and public health to community-based research, environmental policy and mission-driven social enterprises. After two decades in the NGO...
Jim Downing

Jim Downing

2003 Fellow
Jim was previously the Executive Editor of California Agriculture, the peer-reviewed journal of the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He has worked in natural resource management for 20 years as a...