Ngodoo Atume

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UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Small Farms Technical Assistance Coordinator

expertise:

Groundwater, Racial + environmental justice, Water affordability, Water quality, Water rights + policies

state: CA

city: San Francisco

LGBTQ: NO

race + ethnicity: Black, African-American, Afro-Caribbean, African or African descendant

Ngodoo works as a Water Policy Analyst at Clean Water Action, Oakland, and has a technical background in Environmental Engineering. Hailing from Nigeria, she focuses on groundwater management and nitrate contamination control, prioritizing underrepresented stakeholders' inclusion in the implementation of programs related to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, the Central Valley Salinity Alternative Long-Term Sustainability and the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program. Ngodoo holds a Masters in Sustainable Water Management from Tufts University.

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Tags: Groundwater, Water rights + policies

Food + farming

California’s push to limit groundwater pumping could leave small farmers in the dust – Los Angeles Times

According to a new report, California groundwater regulations threaten to put many small farms out of business. [from Los Angeles Times]

Illustrated graphic of a person sitting on a giant faucet with a gauge on it.

Groundwater

California can’t waver on water regulation – CalMatters

As climate change intensifies California’s drought, the Department of Water Resources needs to step up both roles of regulator and coach. If the state approves