Download the 2026 Drinking Water Guide for Water Quality in South Los Angeles
At Black Women for Wellness, we are working towards water equity for South Los Angeles residents. Achieving water equity requires that everyone, especially those already overburdened, has water that is accessible, affordable, and of a high quality.
This comprehensive water guide is an updated version of our 2024 Water Guide, and is intended to offer South Los Angeles residents a single resource to access the information you deserve on your water.
The guide is broken into 3 sections.
Section 1, Context and History of Our Drinking Water
This section presents a high-level overview of the systems and structures impeding water equity nationally
and locally, illuminates the connection between reproductive justice and water, and digs into how climate
change is so very connected to our water. Section 1 is intended to provide context and history to the issues
you may be facing at home.
Section 2, What Can You Do?
This section focuses on what you, personally, can do if you have water concerns. Feel free to skip here for resources on low-income assistance programs in Los Angeles, choosing a water filter for your home, bottled water vs. tap water, and more!
Section 3, BWW’s Work and South Los Angeles’ Water Future
In this section you can read about our work and what we’ve learned from community members in South Los
Angeles, and learn about ways that our built environment in South Los Angeles can be transformed to bring
about a cleaner, healthier, and more resilient water future.