Free Water Filters
Posted January 23, 2019Attention residents of Silver Lake area:
Since 2017, the City of Newark has found elevated levels of lead in drinking water in some homes and buildings. Lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. …
The Silver Lake area of Belleville Township is served by the Newark Water Department.
The City of Newark has launched a campaign to provide free drinking water filters that are certified by NSF for lead reduction to households known or suspected of having lead service lines and/or lead plumbing elements. In addition, the City of Newark, with technical support from the NJDEP, is evaluating and implementing new corrosion control treatment to inhibit the release of lead into the drinking water.
FREE WATER FILTERS can be picked up at Fire Headquarters, located at 275 Franklin Avenue, Belleville, NJ from 9am - 6pm beginning January 28, 2019 until February 28, 2019. In addition, the City of Newark will continue to provide free water testing to all customers in the Silver Lake area.
Our goal is to reduce the risk of exposure to Silver Lake residents during the period that new corrosion control measures are put in place. (For more information, please contact the City of Newark Department of Water and Sewer Utilities at (973) 733-6303 or send an e-mail to waterandsewer@ci.newark.nj.us.