Dozens of families in the San Antonio Mobile Home Park in Thermal are celebrating a life-changing milestone that many people take for granted: safe, clean running water in their homes. After nearly three decades of living without reliable access to clean water, residents can now turn on their taps without fear. For years, they relied on bottled water, makeshift plumbing, and daily workarounds because of dangerous arsenic levels in the groundwater and years of alleged neglect by former park owners. The long-overdue project was made possible through grassroots activism and collaboration between the Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, Pueblo Unido, and the Coachella Valley Water District. Recently, five new water meters and essential infrastructure upgrades were installed in the park as part of a nearly $30 million effort that took almost 20 years to complete.