RELEASE: GOTTHEIMER VISITS WATER TREATMENT FACILITY TO HIGHLIGHT CLEAN WATER RESOURCES IN BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL GOTTHEIMER SENDS LETTER TO GOVERNOR MURPHY ON INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PRIORITIES

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Today, Tuesday, November 30, 2021, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) stopped by the SUEZ Haworth Water Treatment Plant to highlight how the clean water provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill will help get lead and forever chemicals like PFAS out of our drinking water -- protecting North Jersey children and families.

Gottheimer also wrote today to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy outlining requests to help ensure key water infrastructure projects are fully funded, noting how he plans to fight for every nickel possible to replace lead pipes in our communities and to invest in our water treatment facilities across the Fifth District.

And it's not only water infrastructure-- Gottheimer also asked the Governor to direct resources here to the Fifth District for other critical infrastructure projects identified by our state and local officials, from roads and rails, including New Jersey Transit, to bridges and broadband, and storm resiliency -- and, of course, the Gateway Tunnel.

By investing more than $1 billion right here in New Jersey to address critical water infrastructure needs, not only will the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill help replace lead service lines, but it will also help improve water systems and get forever chemicals like PFAS out of our water. In New Jersey alone, there are 350,000 lead service lines, according to the American Water Works Association, and towns across the state are dealing with high PFAS levels.

"I believe that every child -- every family -- deserves to drink water that's free of lead and dangerous chemicals, and every parent deserves to know that their school and town's drinking water is safe to drink. This is a fight to protect our children and our families and we must keep swinging hard against lead and forever chemicals until we win" said Congressman Josh Gottheimer. "And now, thanks to the recently-enacted Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, we will finally have the resources to make the critical investments we need to help protect our children's drinking water from lead and other dangerous, forever chemicals both here in New Jersey and around the country. As Co-Chair of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, I was very proud to have worked with my Democratic and Republican colleagues in the House and Senate to draft and fight to pass this once-in-a-century legislation. There is nothing partisan about clean drinking water for our kids and families."

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