Editing Alpaugh, California (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|0.42|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.

The site is located on the historic shoreline of [[Tulare Lake]], once the largest freshwater lake in the USA outside of the Great lakes.  Other towns built on its historic shores include Lemoore and Kettleman City.

Despite being on the edge of the ancient Tulare lakebed, the town is without access to safe drinking water, as high levels of arsenic are found in the municipal water supply. Locals are forced to drink, cook and bathe using bottled water or expose themselves to this hazard.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://environmentalintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/CA-Arsenic-Report.pdf|title=Arsenic in California Drinking Water}}</ref>

[[File:Alpaugh California 2018.jpg|thumb|Alpaugh seen from a park on the north end of town. Taken March 2018.]]