City of Newark first steps to protect drinking water sources prove unsuccessful
- Date Range
- 1870 – 1880
- Title
- City of Newark first steps to protect drinking water sources prove unsuccessful
- What occurred
- In an effort to limit the contamination of the source of the city of Newark's drinking water, the city restricted any upstream disposal of industrial or animal waste. However as the city's industries took off towards the 1880s, the pollution into the Passaic River could not be stopped. Like other cities we have studied, as a result, the city had to find another source of clean drinking water due to unchecked industrial practices.
- Location
- 854 Raymond Blvd, Newark, NJ 07105
- Image Citation
- Gottlieb, "Industrial Pollution and Reform," 1993. Also I found this website about the pollution of the river with links to articles from the time period, super cool! https://oldnewark.com/waterways/passaicriver.php
- Student name(s)
- Destiny Hallenbeck