NJ lead pipe replacement funding lacking: report
New Jersey is getting an estimated $138 per lead service line. Hawaii is getting $10,000 per line, per the NRDC report.
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New Jersey is getting an estimated $138 per lead service line. Hawaii is getting $10,000 per line, per the NRDC report.
Parsippany is one of several towns sending surveys to residents to report possible lead pipes in their water lines in accordance with a new state law.
Water providers must send certified letters to residents who have a lead service line coming into their homes, since lead has harmful properties.
The law, signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in July, was the first of its kind in the U.S. to put a deadline on eradicating the lead from water supplies.