Newark, New Jersey, will get a $120 million loan to replace pipes that are contaminating water with lead, officials say
The replacement of the pipes will come at no cost to Newark residents, Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo Jr. said.There are about 18,000 privately owned lead service lines within the city that need to be replaced to fix the issue, which was expected to take 8 to 10 years. The new funding will allow the city to fix these lines in 24-30 months instead, authorities said.
But follow-up testing found that two out of the three water filters tested may not be removing lead at the level expected, according to information provided by Newark to CNN.Earlier this month, Newark began offering bottled water to about 14,000 households that may have been using the lead-contaminated tap water.
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