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Can people afford safe drinking water? A discussion on water as a human right with Dr. Jess Goddard.

Author(s): Jess Goddard1, Megan Seifert2

1. SimpleLab, Inc 2. Headwaters Science Institute

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Water researcher Jess Goddard holds talked to us about her incredibly important research on measuring water affordability as a human right. Safe drinking water impacts over 2 billion people and, in the US, water and sewer services bills have…

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Water researcher Jess Goddard holds talked to us about her incredibly important research on measuring water affordability as a human right. Safe drinking water impacts over 2 billion people and, in the US, water and sewer services bills have increased by 3x the growth rate of inflation since 1986! Watch and learn more about this critical issue.

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Version 1.0 - published on 22 Jul 2022 doi:10.25334/NAHG-BB94 - cite this

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Water researcher Jess Goddard holds a PhD from UC Berkeley (2019), where she co-developed metrics for water affordability in the state’s first comprehensive human right to water tracking tool. Her research interests include water access and environmental justice, water quality and water systems, environmental health, and ecological economics. Jess currently oversees research and data science as the Chief Science Officer of SimpleLab, a Berkeley-based environmental testing start-up.

Human right to water tool by OEHHA: https://oehha.ca.gov/water/report/human-right-water-california

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