Newark’s model Lead Service Line Replacement Program featured in CDC Museum Exhibit
Newark’s model Lead Service Line Replacement Program is featured in the David J. Sencer CDC Museum’s “Health Is a Human Right: Achieving Health Equity” Exhibit
The exhibit will be on display at the CDC Museum in Atlanta, Georgia from November 25, 2024 to August 1, 2025
November 25, 2024 — The City of Newark Department of Water and Sewer Utilities is pleased to announce that the Lead Service Line Replacement Program is featured in a major exhibition entitled Health Is a Human Right: Achieving Health Equity at the CDC Museum in Atlanta, Georgia.
The exhibition presents case studies of how communities, organizations, and local, state, and federal governments across the U.S. are addressing persistent health inequities in the 21st century. Newark’s program is recognized for setting the stage in expediting the replacement of lead service lines in residential homes, further protecting the health and safety of over 300,000 residents.
Exhibit on display at the CDC Museum in Atlanta, Georgia on November 25, 2024.
Photo courtesy of Louise E. Shaw and the David J. Spencer CDC Museum.
Beginning in 2019, under the leadership of Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Director Kareem Adeem, Newark replaced over 23,000 lead service lines with copper in just under three years. Newark accomplished this feat in part by securing millions of dollars in bonds and adopting an ordinance that allowed it to replace lines independently of the owner.
Newark’s success was highlighted by Vice President Kamala Harris as “the model city” for Lead Service Line Replacement in an event hosted by Mayor Ras J. Baraka and attended by EPA Administrator Michael Regan on February 11, 2022.
“As a ‘case study’ we are the perfect example of collaboration between all levels of government, trade unions, and most importantly, our residents,” said Newark Water & Sewer Director Kareem Adeem.
The Newark Department of Water and Sewer Utilities has lent the CDC Museum examples of some of the replaced lead pipes, as well as water filters distributed to the citizens of Newark and digital copies of historic water pipe records. The Department also collaborated with Bloomberg News in providing a video of Director Kareem Adeem discussing how the work was done.
Exhibit on display at the CDC Museum in Atlanta, Georgia on november 25, 2024.
Photo courtesy of Louise E. Shaw and the David J. Sencer CDC Museum.
Lead pipes replaced during Newark’s Lead Service Line Replacement Program on display at the exhibit.
Photo courtesy of Louise E. Shaw and the David J. Sencer CDC Museum.
In addition to Newark’s program, the exhibition includes contributions from more than 100 individuals, organizations, and government agencies from across the United States addressing a range of environmental and public health challenges and solutions.
Health Is a Human Right: Achieving Health Equity will be open to the public from November 25, 2024 until August 1, 2025 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters at 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30329. The physical exhibition, which includes photographs, documents, media, artwork, and objects, is complemented by an online experience available to the public at the following web address:
https://cdcmuseum.org/exhibits/show/health-is-a-human-right/health-is-a-human-right-home.
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