STATEMENT BY MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA ON LEAD TESTING AT ELEVEN80 RAYMOND BOULEVARD

Statement by Mayor Ras J. Baraka

“As a court reaffirmed yesterday, testing of the water in the Wanaque system has found that it continues to operate well within federal standards. The City of Newark collected a water sample from the Eleven80 building on January 10, 2019 and found a lead level of less than 5 parts per billion, which is below the EPA’s lead action level of 15 parts per billion. It is important to note that all of our tests are analyzed at an outside lab to ensure independence. The City did not perform the test recently conducted by a private company that was mentioned in news reports. The City was onsite conducting additional testing today, and we will continue to test the system to ensure the quality of our water supply.”

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