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File photo: A boil-water order was issued on Monday for customers in nine towns after a drop in pressure caused by a water-main leak in Piscataway.
A major leak in a water main serving up to 150,000 people in New Jersey highlights the urgent need for pipe renewal, advocates said, as the U.S. Senate wrangles over a multibillion-dollar infrastructure bill that is expected to help the state repair its creaking network of lines, pumps and drains.
New Jersey American Water, the state’s largest investor-owned water utility, issued a rare boil-water order on Monday for about 44,000 customers in nine towns after a drop in pressure caused by the water-main leak in Piscataway.
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