Research Guides: The Newark Experience: Drinking Water Crisis

Drinking Water Crisis

Lead in Drinking Water and Birth Outcomes: A Tale of Two Water Treatment Plants: Dhaval M. Dave and Muzhe Yang. Journal of Health Economics 84, 2022, 102644; "In this study, we leverage a unique natural experiment provided by the 2016 water crisis in Newark, in order to identify the causal effect of prenatal exposure to lead-contaminated drinking water on fetal health." Rutgers-restricted Access

Floods and Fountains: Water Politics and Black Ecologies in Newark, NJ: Kessie Alexandre. (Ph.D. Thesis) Princeton University, 2020.; "Keyed to the compounded realities of chronic flooding, tap water contamination, and waterway pollution in the city of Newark, NJ, “Floods and Fountains” is an ethnography of urban water insecurity and infrastructure disrepair, which examines how water and water management shape political, social, and ecological relations over time. As the burdens of water insecurity disproportionately fall on Black communities, “Floods and Fountains” specifically considers how Black Newarkers contend with water toxicity in the contemporary moment in light of their broader struggles for environmental justice in the city, which date back to the late 1960s."

Newark Drinking Water Crisis: NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) site. Includes a timeline with links to data, correspondence, reports, and other informaton relating to the litigation.

City of Newark's Lead Service Line Replacement Program: Actions that Newark is undertaking to reduce or eliminate lead in drinking water.

City of Newark Point-of-Use Filter Study August - September 2019: CDM Smith, November 19, 2019

Following the Newark, NJ Drinking Water Lead Crisis: Morgan Clauser. Gettysburg Social Sciences Review 3(2), 2019.