Editing Garfield, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city had a total area of 2.19 square miles (5.67&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 2.11 square miles (5.47&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.08 square miles (0.21&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (3.65%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

[[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Belmont, Bogart Heights, Dundee Dam and Plauderville.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>

The city has land borders with adjacent [[Elmwood Park, New Jersey|Elmwood Park]], [[Lodi, New Jersey|Lodi]], [[Saddle Brook, New Jersey|Saddle Brook]] and [[South Hackensack, New Jersey|South Hackensack]]. The [[Saddle River (Passaic River)|Saddle River]] is a shared border with [[Wallington, New Jersey|Wallington]]. There are [[List of crossings of the Lower Passaic River|three bridges]] over the [[Passaic River]] crossing the municipal and county line to [[Passaic, New Jersey|Passaic]] and [[Clifton, New Jersey|Clifton]] in [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/552381/touches.html Areas touching Garfield], MapIt. Accessed March 25, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/visitors-guide/county-maps Bergen County Map of Municipalities], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 25, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

===Environment===
The [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] has identified Garfield as the site of groundwater contaminated [[hexavalent chromium]] from a spill in 1983 at the [[Garfield Groundwater Contamination Superfund site|E.C. Electroplating Corporation site]]. In 2016, the EPA announced a $37 million project to cleanup contamination at the site using [[Superfund]] money, as the company responsible for the spill of {{convert|3600|gal}} of [[chromic acid]] is no longer in business.<ref>[https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206317 Garfield Chromium Ground Water Contamination], [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]], May 2014. Accessed August 29, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.nj.gov/health//ceohs/documents/eohap/haz_sites/bergen/garfield/ec_electroplating/garfield_contamination_hc.pdf Incidence of Selected Cancer Types in the Neighborhood near the Garfield Ground Water Contamination Site (a/k/a E.C. Electroplating Corporation)], [[New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services]], October 17, 2011. Accessed August 29, 2017.</ref><ref>Na, Myles. [http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2016/09/epa_to_spend_37m_on_massive_north_jersey_chromium_cleanup.html "EPA has $37M plan for North Jersey chromium cleanup, but no money"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 21, 2016. Accessed February 6, 2017. "The federal Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday finalized a plan to clean up groundwater contaminated with chromium from a former electroplating plant on Clark Street, though it still lacks the funds to pay finish it."</ref>