i recently spoke with newark mayor ras baraka about the progress his city has made. mr.or, thank you for joining us. how is it possible that within two years or so, newark is able to replace some 18,000+ lead service lines, lines that the city doesn't even own? >> besides god's grace, brother, a lot of work, i think, that's been put in by the water department, the kind of collaborativeffort that was engaged in by the city, the county, the state, working together to find a solution to this, and us obviously finding the money up front that i know a lot of municipalities have not been able to do, and that's really the crux of t issue, like, being able to find a capital to do this work. >> hill: you're providing a service at amounts to what is free to the homeowners who actually own the lead service lines. why do the free option, why not have homeowners pay some of the cost of this? >> well, we believe it's a public health issue, and i think it's the responsibility of the state and the municipal government to deal with public health issues like that, unless you're talking ab