Seven years ago, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law to bring safe and affordable drinking water to the state’s most disadvantaged communities. Last week, Newsom celebrated the program’s accomplishments. … But that work could lose critical funding as the Newsom administration overhauls its source: California’s carbon market. The changes to the program’s funding priorities and revenue threaten efforts to bring clean drinking water to schools, homes and communities across California. … The cuts began in September, when Newsom and lawmakers struck a deal to reauthorize the state’s carbon market after weeks of tense and chaotic negotiations — renaming it “cap and invest.”  The new laws deprioritized funding lawmakers had promised to safe drinking water.

Other drinking water news:

• Action News Now (Chico, Calif.): Calif. climate program overhaul boosts high-speed rail, cuts clean water projects
• Bay City News Service: Vallejo: Toxic disinfectant spill contained at water department
• Bay Area News Group: Water woes continue for 21 homes in Mountain View
• ABC10 (Sacramento, Calif.): What’s that smell in Stockton water?