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Union County Lawmaker Launches Bottled Water Drive For Newark Union County Lawmaker Launches Bottled Water Drive For Newark
Union County Lawmaker Launches Bottled Water Drive For Newark A member of the state Assembly is seeking donations of bottled water for residents of Newark who have been told to temporarily stop using tap water for cleaning and cooking due to unacceptably high levels of lead. The city has been coping with a lead crisis since 2017 that affects most households except those in Newark’s East Ward. The city distributed water filters to deal with the problem, but limited testing of a few homes recently revealed that the filters were not removing enough of the harmful contaminant.  Newark officials then announced they would distribute bottled water, bu…