The Vector

$788k Grant Awarded To NJIT Water Quality Researchers

Aaron Dimaya, Staff Writer • February 7, 2023

On Dec. 20, 2022, a collaborative research team led by NJIT researchers received a $778,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, or NJDEP. This grant was part of a wider allocation...

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...

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...

The Murky Waters of Environmental Regulation

James Nanchanatt • October 24, 2018

A Gallup poll indicated the number one and two environmental issues causing a “great deal of concern” among Americans are the pollution of drinking water and the pollution of rivers, lakes and reservoirs,...

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...

Stress Management

Romer Jed Medina • October 24, 2013

A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they'd be asked the "half empty or half full" question. Instead, with...