San Mateo County officials are urging Pescadero residents to report unsafe drinking water after a Bay Area News Group report revealed concerns about water quality that have persisted in the rural coastal town.

Acknowledging that many non-English-speaking farmworkers and renters the county says it will depend on to monitor water concerns have been rattled by ICE raids in the state , officials emphasized that residents who report such issues can do so confidentially and will not be asked about their immigration status.

The initiative follows a Bay Area News Group story detailing how residents continue to deal with unsafe water in their homes. One resident said she has relied on water pulled from a nearby creek for 20 years that turns “murky like chocolate” during rainstorms.

The county’

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