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The lead and copper rule: Limitations and lessons learned from Newark, New Jersey
| Title: | The lead and copper rule: Limitations and lessons learned from Newark, New Jersey |
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| Authors: | Stratton, Sean A., Ettinger, Adrienne S., Doherty, Cathleen L., Buckley, Brian T. |
| Contributors: | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
| Source: | WIREs Water ; volume 10, issue 1 ; ISSN 2049-1948 2049-1948 |
| Publisher Information: | Wiley |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Collection: | Wiley Online Library (Open Access Articles via Crossref) |
| Description: | Flint, Michigan reignited the public discourse surrounding lead contamination in drinking water with Newark, New Jersey recently experiencing its own lead‐in‐water crisis. Following Flint's experience, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed changes to the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), but these changes may not produce better detection of contamination. LCR testing requirements were evaluated for their ability to predict or identify problems from the recent (2015–2019) Newark lead exceedance data. LCR compliance and water quality data were obtained from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) website. Between 2002 and 2015, Newark sampled on a reduced sampling plan (50 samples once every 3 years), as required, for lead and copper. These samples were divided between Newark's two water sources with uneven sampling distribution across the city, further limiting the potential to identify a risk of lead in drinking water. Results suggest a more rigorous testing requirement may have identified the problem sooner. Limitations related to the LCR that prevented Newark water suppliers from earlier detection of lead risk will continue under the revised LCR. This article is categorized under: Engineering Water > Water, Health, and Sanitation Science of Water > Water Quality |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1002/wat2.1620 |
| Availability: | https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1620 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/wat2.1620 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/wat2.1620 https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/wat2.1620 |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.6778027C |
| Database: | BASE |
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