The city’s drinking water has met federal standards for lead since second half of 2019

After pleas from the town's mayor, grants from the Greater Newark United Way and Clara Maass Medical Center provided a combined $70,000 to provide filters ...

‘Newark’s response to our lead situation is unprecedented and we wish people would stick to the facts’ — statement from city

Virginia Tech civil engineer and professor Dr. Marc Edwards discovered the elevated lead levels in Flint, and now he’s planning to conduct water testing in ...

Newark officials held a health fair and information session for residents Wednesday at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

Belleville Mayor Michael Melham said his feeling of helplessness is what drove him to put up a donated billboard to try to shame the state ...

The tests were ordered after results from two of three properties showed lead readings well beyond the federal “action” level despite the presence of the ...

Newark's plan to fast-track the replacement of some 18,000 lead service lines has cleared a major hurdle.

Compliance with the law thus far has been uneven, members of the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee found out.

Baraka has asked the city council to approve an ordinance allowing the municipal government to replace every lead water-service line in the city, with or ...

A total of 28 districts — comprising 1,450 young students — from Ocean Township to Kearny will share the $20 million in funding.

Eleven80 has been giving tenants bottled water after an independent water test came back with elevated lead levels. But Newark says the tests they ordered ...

Newark has won a court battle against environmental groups that had been trying to get the city give out bottled water to more residents amid ...

The Newark City Council on Tuesday preliminary approved a plan that would provide $120 million for fast-tracking a permanent solution to the city’s drinking water ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka discusses his administration's level of transparency with the public, acting water department director and more.

NJTV News Correspondent Michael Hill speaks with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka about the city's ongoing lead in the water crisis and the $120 million deal with Essex County to replace ...

After weeks of being relatively silent in the face of a water crisis impacting his city, on Friday, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka took reporters on ...

From the beginning, misinformation has been one of the exacerbating factors in the growing lead water crisis in the state's largest city. Here is a ...

In Newark, residents are still showing up for screenings, test kits, and bottled water as they await more answers about lead levels detected in the ...

An overflow crowd that jammed Bloomfield’s Civil Center on Monday looking for answers about the safety of their drinking was offered both a measure of ...