Newark and state officials are investigating the failure by a private contractor to remove all lead components during a citywide project to replace more than 23,000 service lines linking water mains to residences, completed in early 2022. A crew replaced the old lead lines with copper that January. Ed Murray | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
The state Department of Environmental Protection and the City of Newark are investigating the apparent failure of a private contractor to remove all lead components from the service lines that deliver drinking water to Newark residents during a citywide replacement project completed in 2022.
The city and state on Tuesday issued a joint statement assuring residents that Newark had bolstered its water treatment to protect residents, and there was nothing they needed to do “at this time.”
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