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We’ve got to stand in line for a natural resource that should be free for everybody. We can’t drink it, we can’t wash in it and we still got to pay for it.

Sandra, a 66-year-old resident of Newark, N.J., where residents are lining up this week for bottled water because new samples show filters at two of three tested homes weren’t removing lead from the water as expected.

Sandra, a 66-year-old resident of Newark, N.J., where residents are lining up this week for bottled water because new samples show filters at two of three tested homes weren’t removing lead from the water as expected.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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