County governments should put in place adequate measures to manage all potential sources of poisoning and health hazards. The latest scandal concerning the presence of lead in drinking water was reported in Newark, New Jersey. Different agencies and councils have been monitoring the issue in order to ensure the local government addresses it within the shortest time possible and protect people’s lives (Sax, 2018). This paper gives a detailed research summary of the information obtained and studied from different peer-reviewed and current affairs articles. Thesis statement: With the current levels of lead in Newark’s drinking water being unsafe for human consumption and domestic use, there is a need for the county to implement evidence-based strategies to address this public health problem and protect the lives of all citizens. Research Summary The latest report released by Newark City has revealed that the region is currently facing a water poisoning crisis. According to it, the Pequannock water treatment plant was the source of the mentioned lead poisoning in early 2017 (Johnson, 2019). These findings contradicted earlier observations whereby the city had insisted that the county was not affected by the issue. Over 22,0000 households were connected to contaminated water (Campbell, Greenberg, Mankikar, & Ross, 2016). New studies conducted by the government went further to reveal that over 180 domestic settings had unhealthy lead levels in their water (Sax, 2018). With this kind of information, the Natural Resources Defense Council sued Newark for disobeying and violating the stipulated rules for drinking water. Newark had been using advanced systems to eliminate dangerous microbes capable of affecting people’s health outcomes. Since 2012, the city had been reducing the pH levels of its water to minimize haloacetic acids and trihalomethanes that can cause cancer (Yi, 2018). Due to such measures, various metals became more toxic and capable of threatening people’s lives. The reduction of water pH is, therefore, what corroded thousands of pipes connecting many households to the existing water system. However, most of the states across the United States require that drinking water is tested for harmful compounds after every three years. According to the federal government, the action level for the targeted metal in water should be around 15 parts per billion for the 90th percentile (Yi, 2018). This means that the city failed to take this requirement seriously. Johnson (2019) goes further to indicate that there might have been other sources of lead contamination in Newark’s drinking water. Some of them could have included lead-based paints, soil, and plumbing materials, and pipes (Yi, 2018). Corrosion is another way through which lead poisons into drinking water. Most of the affected households and learning institutions in Newark have recorded numerous health problems. According to Sax (2018), there will never be safe levels for exposure to harmful compounds, such as copper and lead. Those who consume large quantities of lead will have increased chances of developing various complications, including kidney problems, cognitive dysfunction, brain damage, infertility, and high blood pressure (