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Water Quality Report Assignment Requirements (2)

The SOC 158 Water Quality Report outlines the necessary components for analyzing the water quality in a specific hometown or zip code, including demographic information and local employment. It emphasizes the use of the Human Right to Water Data Tool for assessing water quality, accessibility, and affordability, while also encouraging the collection of both quantitative and qualitative data. The report concludes by prompting an evaluation of local water conditions and potential health effects, as well as solutions for improvement.

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Water Quality Report Assignment Requirements (2)

The SOC 158 Water Quality Report outlines the necessary components for analyzing the water quality in a specific hometown or zip code, including demographic information and local employment. It emphasizes the use of the Human Right to Water Data Tool for assessing water quality, accessibility, and affordability, while also encouraging the collection of both quantitative and qualitative data. The report concludes by prompting an evaluation of local water conditions and potential health effects, as well as solutions for improvement.

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SOC 158 Water Quality Report

Introduction
For your water quality report, you need to examine the water quality of your
hometown/zip code. As an introduction to your report, you need to provide
information on your hometown/zip code. Minimal information to include is
the size of your hometown/zip code (population wise), whether your
community is considered urban, suburban, or rural, the median household
income for your community, and the major forms of employment located
within and around your community. Feel free to expand on this in including
any information you wish to convey about the area where you live with
respect to water.

Sources for data


One source of data for water quality is measured by the Human Right to
Water Data Tool (the first link listed below), offered by the Office of
Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. OEHHA’s Human Right to Water
Framework and Data Tool (CalHRTW 1.0) is comprised of this web-based
data tool and an assessment report, Achieving the Human Right to Water in
California: An Assessment of the State’s Community Water Systems. The
purpose of CalHRTW 1.0 is to provide a comprehensive, stand-alone,
quantitative assessment of the human right to water for three core
components: water quality, water accessibility and water affordability. This
data tool allows users to access and explore information in these three core
areas interactively.

Data sources:
https://oehha.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?
appid=a09e31351744457d9b13072af8b68fa5 (Links to an external site.)
https://alpha.ca.gov/check-your-tap-water-quality/ (Links to an external site.)
https://mywaterquality.ca.gov/index.html (Links to an external site.)
https://www.epa.gov/waterdata/hows-my-waterway (Links to an external
site.)
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/california-water-science-center/data (Links to
an external site.)
https://ca.water.usgs.gov/projects/gama/Provs/CenVly.htm (Links to an
external site.)
https://gispublic.waterboards.ca.gov/portal/apps/MapSeries/index.html?
appid=a884c5cc81844b289b666f15fad3dc7d (Links to an external site.)
This interactive tool is intended for private domestic well owners to evaluate
if their well is near a nitrate-impacted well. Enter your address or point of
interest into the search bar (top left) to locate impacted wells nearby.
https://ca.water.usgs.gov/land_subsidence/central-valley-subsidence-
data.html (Links to an external site.)
This site is operated by the U.S. Geological Survey, and provides data
collected from the California Water Science Center on droughts and
subsidence in the Central Valley.
You are free to investigate other data sources for water quality for your
locality, but the above sources are both reputable and highly accurate.

Data to collect
For this report, you need to provide both quantitative and qualitative data.
Quantitative data must be expressed as approximations in numeric form. In
addition to numeric data, you need to provide qualitative descriptions to
convey what the data means for your community. For your water quality
report, you need to find data for the following:

 Water quality. On the Human Right to Water Data Tool, the Water Quality
Composite Score shows the aggregate score across 6 water quality
indicators. The Water Quality composite score ranges from 0 to 4, with
higher scores indicating worse outcomes. The time period analyzed was
2011 to 2019.
 Water accessibility. On the Human Right to Water Data Tool, the Water
Accessibility composite score ranges from 0 to 4, with higher scores
indicating worse outcomes. The data was extracted in January 2020.
 Water affordability. On the Human Right to Water Data Tool, The Water
Affordability Composite Score ranges from 0 to 4, with higher scores
indicating worse outcomes. The composite score is based on a household-
weighted average of three affordability ratios:
o Affordability Ratio for Median Household Income (AR MHI)
o Affordability Ratio for County Poverty Threshold (AR CPT)
o Affordability Ratio for Deep Poverty Threshold (AR DP)
 Groundwater level. Is the groundwater level in your area declining or
increasing?
 Disadvantaged Community Status. Is your community considered a
Disadvantaged Community regarding water? In California, one key metric
associated with the economic characterization of a customer base is
whether the community is a Disadvantaged Community (DAC). This
designation is based on the 2012 Proposition 84 and 1E Guidelines that
designate a Disadvantaged Community as one whose median household
income (MHI) is below 80% of statewide MHI, and a Severely
Disadvantaged Community as one whose MHI is 60% of statewide MHI or
lower.
 Subsidence countour. Is your community experiencing subsidence? If so,
how severe is it? California's Central Valley subsides when groundwater is
pumped faster than underground aquifers can be recharged. The Central
Valley has been sinking at differing rates since the 1920s and is
estimated to have sunk up to 28 feet. During drought years, the valley is
prone to accelerated subsidence. For more information:
https://www.watereducation.org/foundation-event/monitoring-land-
subsidence-san-joaquin-valley

Conclusion for report


Based on the data you have collected, how would you rate the water
conditions for where you live? Much of the data you have attained is
longitudinal, which means you can readily speculate whether conditions are
improving or worsening. Keep in mind trend isn’t destiny, but if current
conditions persist, your speculation may be highly accurate.
What health effects may be related to the water conditions where you live?
If possible, identify the sources of problems for the water conditions in your
area. What might be some solutions for improving water conditions in your
community?

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