Amy DiPierro is a data journalist at the Center for Public Integrity. Her 2022 reporting on students experiencing homelessness, “Unhoused & Undercounted,” received the Breaking Barriers Award from the Institute for Nonprofit News Awards and the Stewart B. McKinney Award from the National Homelessness Law Center. DiPierro previously reported for the Desert Sun in Palm Springs and BusinessDen in Denver. For the California Health Equity Fellowship, DiPierro and colleague María Inés Zamudio will investigate why some Californians don’t have access to affordable and safe drinking water – and who profits from that unequal access.
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San Diego County boasts roughly three water vending machines per 10,000 people — more than nearby Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles counties.
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San Diego's water vending machines cluster in low-income areas. Inspections are rare, and some studies have found bacteria issues.
Voice of San Diego mapped water vending machines in San Diego, comparing their density to demographics like poverty, education, race, renters, and citizenship to analyze disparities in access.
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Too often, journalists take public tap water for granted — until it fails. A new reporting project for the Center for Public Integrity will investigate the kiosk water industry and its relationship to tap water quality.