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Newark Advocacy Groups Settle Lawsuit over Lead Water Crisis

Nicholas Merlino, Alumni • February 17, 2021

With more than 17,000 of approximately 19,000 lead service lines already having been replaced to combat the exposure of lead to Newark residents drawing from the city’s water...

Update: New Jersey Lead Water Service Line Replacements

Daniil Ivanov and divanov • February 2, 2020

The City of Newark has replaced over 5,800 lead service lines throughout the city since March 2019 as part of its two-year Lead Service Line Replacement Program. Last year, routine water...

What’s In My Water?

Victoria Nguyen and vnguyen • September 19, 2019

Everything you need to know about the lead water crisis in Newark What is the city of Newark doing about the Lead Crisis? The city expressed its deep concern with the contamination...

Prevention Against Lead in Campus Drinking Water

Steve Arciniega • May 7, 2017

At the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ, rising concerns over the safety of their water have students asking what is being done to help prevent lead poisoning from occurring at their school....

Lead Water Testing at NJIT Follow-Up

Mira Solenai • September 16, 2016

Last March, Newark made nationwide headlines when elevated levels of lead were found in the water of several public and charter schools. Prompted by this discovery, the NJIT Environmental Health and Safety...

NJIT Water Lead Levels: What You Probably Don’t Know

Prasanna Tati • May 30, 2016

According to the lead testing report available on the New Jersey Institute of Technology's water testing website, locations at NJIT that exceed the maximum accepted level of 15 ug/L or 15 ppb of lead in...