Source: https://www.njspotlightnews.org/, February 3, 2025
By: Michael Sol Warren

Dozens of households in Washington Township, Warren County, are now being supplied with bottled water and hundreds of others are being asked to have their wells tested for possible contamination, part of an emergency federal response to widespread pollution in private wells.

Authorities are still trying to get a handle on the scope of the problem, acknowledging that the groundwater pollution may be spread beyond where they are currently looking. This pollution may be impacting the nearby Musconetcong River and may even have made its way into crops and livestock raised on the affected land. Read more.