The City of Newark employed municipal bonding to pay for lead service line replacement. The unique financing package was nearly $200 million, primarily from a $120 million municipal bond issued on Newark’s behalf by the Essex County Improvement Authority, which took advantage of the Authority’s AAA bond rating. To pay the bond, the city renegotiated a lease agreement on city property that the Port Authority of NYNJ uses for transportation purposes.

The Newark Way of Thinking and Drinking communications campaign provides informative messaging such as puzzles, coloring sheets, paper boats, and fun at-home water-based science projects to spark conversations between children and their parents.