Since 2017, the City of Newark has failed multiple city-wide tests for lead in water. The city has since made filters available and recently supplied bottle water to up to 15,000 households impacted. As the crisis escalates, residents of Maplewood and South Orange are looking for ways to help their Newark friends, family and neighbors. Below is one effort.
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