Long-awaited fixes to the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant aim to improve how Newark cleans its water and prevent the type of crisis that thrust the city into the national spotlight in 2019 when it was forced to distribute bottled water to 14k households.
“As critical as it is to remove sources of lead exposure, like those that are present in lead service lines, we can control for lead exposure if we're investing in treatment and maintenance and monitoring on the other end,” Shawn LaTourette, commissioner for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, told Gothamist.
The wastewater basins at the Pequannock Water Treatment ant that contain the impurities and other matter filtered out of the reservoir water, April 11th, 2022.The wastewater basins at the Pequannock Water Treatment ant that contain the impurities and other matter filtered out of the reservoir water, April 11th, 2022.The lab at the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant where workers test the water at different stages of the treatment process, April 11th, 2022.
“It's amazing — because we have a pretty clean supply — how much metal accumulates and impurities accumulate,” said Jerry Notte, the plant’s operator as he looked at the backwashing process. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and other city officials break ground on $23 million in improvements to the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant in West Milford on April 11th, 2022.Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and other city officials break ground on $23 million in improvements to the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant in West Milford on April 11th, 2022.
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