New Jersey announced it is notifying nearly 200,000 homes and businesses that they are receiving drinking water from service lines contaminated with lead, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection.
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The 186,830 known lead service lines identified by the DEP feed into buildings all over the state, officials said.Rick Loomis/Getty Images, FILE New Jersey alone has almost 3,500 drinking water systems, Shawn LaTourette, the state environmental commissioner, said Thursday.
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