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Newark Reaches Settlement over Water Crisis

HeadlineJan 28, 2021

In Newark, New Jersey, city and state officials reached a settlement over the city’s water crisis. Newark residents were regularly exposed to illegally high levels of lead in the city’s water supply, leading the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Newark Education Workers Caucus to sue in 2018 for violations of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.

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