This is an excerpt of the November 16, 2020 episode of What's Up With Water. This week Circle of Blue reports on California’s efforts to better understand the pandemic’s impact on water utilities and their customers. Last week, California regulators sent a survey to 150 of the state’s largest water providers. It’s an effort to assess the financial fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. The virus has caused economic slowdowns, and the State Water Resources Control Board wants to know how this affects water services – from the financial health of utilities who provide the water, to the households who may be unable to pay for it.