Entry 338764A boil-water advisory was lifted Oct. 11 after a major water main break forced the closure of area businesses, offices and...
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News Briefs: Bill Tampering for Bribes Earns Utility Worker Five Years in Prison
Entry 338779A man from Toms River, New Jersey, was sentenced to five years in prison for scheming to reduce water and sewer...
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News Briefs: Man Wakes Up Stuck in Drainage Pipe, Gets Rescued
Entry 338803A 40-year-old man who fell asleep ended up stuck in a 12-inch drainage pipe under a busy overpass in Salt Lake...
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News Briefs: Newark Officials Say Lead Filters Are 97% Effective
Entry 338813City and state officials in Newark, New Jersey, are telling residents to continue using the thousands of water filters provided in...
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News Briefs: Tampa Officials Consider Indirect Potable Reuse Project
Entry 338907Public works officials in Tampa, Florida, are working with Mayor Jane Castor on a $3.1 billion proposal to rehabilitate the city’s...
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News Briefs: Newark to Continue Lead-Testing Homes for a Few Weeks
Entry 338916The city of Newark, New Jersey, will continue testing residential tap water for the next few weeks to get a read...
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Newark's Lead Contamination Woes Continue
There’s a lead contamination emergency making national headlines and drawing comparisons to the Flint Water Crisis, and it’s in Newark, New Jersey. For...
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News Briefs: Newark to Distribute Bottled Water as Filters Fail to Address Lead Problem
Entry 339026The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, recently announced that filters installed to reduce lead levels in the city’s tap water aren’t...
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News Briefs: Jersey Couple, Utility Stumped Over Mysterious Water Leak
Entry 339354A couple in New Jersey is asking its water utility to help figure out why their basement has been flooding with...
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News Briefs: Jersey's Lead Problem Could Cost Billions to Fix
Entry 339367One problem that could end up costing $2 to $3 billion is New Jersey’s lead contamination issue. More than 1.4 million...
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News Briefs: Phony Utility Workers Arrested After Attempted Robbery
Entry 339513Two individuals in Phoenix, Arizona, recently were arrested for posing as utility workers and attempting to rob an elderly couple in...
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Newark Mayor Calls on President to Federally Fund Lead Line Repairs
According to the latest numbers released by the state of New Jersey, lead levels in Newark are higher than they've been in...
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News Briefs: Teen Dies After Being Swept Into Storm Drain
Entry 339682(Editor's note: This story has been updated to inform readers of the death of Davey Albright, who was originally reported to...
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News Briefs: Student's Award-Winning Short Film Examines New Orleans Water Infrastructure
Entry 339713A 19-year-old student in New Orleans has created a short film titled “Station 15” inspired by flooding that occurred in August...








