In Texas, it will be the first time the stateâs roughly 25,000 schools and child care facilities will undergo mandated water inspections for lead and copper â the state did not previously have any testing requirement. Credit: Allie Goulding/The Texas Tribune
Texas will soon begin a program to test drinking water in thousands of elementary schools and child care facilities across the state following an update to federal standards on lead and copper exposure.
The change comes in the aftermath of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis that began in 2014. Michigan had switched the communityâs water source to the Flint River but failed to properly treat the water to ensure it did not corrode the pipes. Lead and other contaminants leached into the predominantly Black communityâs water supply as a result, a problem that went ignored for more than a year.
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In Texas, it will be the first time the stateâs roughly 25,000 schools and child care facilities will undergo mandated water inspections for lead and copper â the state did not previously have any testing requirement.Â
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By Erin Douglas
The Texas Tribune Jan 28, 2021
Jan 28, 2021
In Texas, it will be the first time the stateâs roughly 25,000 schools and child care facilities will undergo mandated water inspections for lead and copper â the state did not previously have any testing requirement. Allie Goulding/The Texas Tribune
Texas will soon begin a program to test drinking water in thousands of elementary schools and child care facilities across the state following an update to federal standards on lead and copper exposure.
Texas prepares to test for lead in schools’ drinking water for the first time
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In Texas, it will be the first time the state’s roughly 25,000 schools and child care facilities will undergo mandated water inspections for lead and copper the state did not previously have any testing requirement. Credit: Allie Goulding/The Texas Tribune
Texas will soon begin a program to test drinking water in thousands of elementary schools and child care facilities across the state following an update to federal standards on lead and copper exposure.
The change comes in the aftermath of the Flint, Michigan water crisis that began in 2014. Michigan had switched the community’s water source to the Flint River but failed to properly treat the water to ensure it did not corrode the pipes. Lead and other contaminants leached into the predominantly Black community’s water supply as a result, a problem that went ignored for more than a year.
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