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PHILIPSBURG, Mont. — Water samples taken from the drinking fountain the station replaced had a lead concentration of 10 parts per billion — twice Montana’s legal limit for schools of
PHILIPSBURG — Water samples taken from the drinking fountain the station replaced had a lead concentration of 10 parts per billion – twice Montana's legal limit for schools of 5
Several Missoula County Public Schools drinking fountains and classroom sinks are blocked off with bags taped over faucets, signs of the work left to do.
After a state mandate, three-quarters of Montana schools that tested for lead have found levels that exceed standards.
On a recent day in this 19th-century mining town turned tourist hot spot, students made their way into the Granite High School lobby and past a new filtered water bottle fill station.