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Montgomery County Council of PTAs (MCCPTA)
RE: All lead testing in water results are in, Please check your schoolAll the final results are in. PLEASE send a mesage on your listservs with a link to your school's results. MCCPTA has officially asked for a 5 ppb actionable level (used in DC and for botteled water) but MCPS is currently using teh 20 ppb required by state law. The online results includes all the test results.
If you are concerned about the outlets that test between 5-20, especially the ones labeled "bubblers" or "coolers," which are water fountains, you can request that the principal turn those off. We will have a new committee this year dealing with Safe Water. So be on the lookout for an announcement.
Here are the links to the reports. These reports also have valuable information about the lead testing program. Please forward to ALL the school e lists.
www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/facilities/maintenance/drinking-water-results.aspx
And here is a summary of the issues from Bethesda Beat and WTOP.
bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-review-reveals-elevated-lead-levels-in-water-at-8...
wtop.com/montgomery-county/2018/08/water-testing-finds-86-montgomery-co-schools-had-high-lead-lev...
Laura Stewart
MCCPTA VP of Advocacy
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary School PTA
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