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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – – San Francisco has the highest rate of poor quality plumbing of any of California’s 58 counties. This problem, made even more evident with hand washing during the coronavirus pandemic, is one of the most effective ways to ward off disease.
Nearly 2% of homes in San Francisco lack plumbing, more than four times those in Los Angeles, according to an analysis by the impartial Public Policy Institute of California.
The San Francisco-based institute sourced its data from the American Community Survey conducted by the US Census Bureau.
The survey found that more than 6,300 California homes have no hot and cold water, no bathtub or shower, or no flush toilet.
After San Francisco are the three counties with the worst plumbers: Shasta, Yolo, and Humboldt.
These three counties are lacking hot and cold tap water at the highest rates, while the urban counties of San Francisco, Alameda, and Los Angeles typically lack a shower or bath, according to the survey.
The California county with the best plumbing is Napa County, where only 0.11% of homes lack proper plumbing.
