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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 sw...

Close 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.  Allie Goulding/The Texas Tribune featured By Erin Douglas The Texas Tribune Jan 28, 2021 Jan 28, 2021 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 req...

Following an update to federal standards on lead and copper exposure, Texas is about to start a program to test drinking water in thousands of elementary schools and child care facilities throughout the State. This will actually be the first time in Texas that around 25,000 schools and child care facilities will have their water inspected for lead and copper. Previously Texas did not have any requirements for testing. Toby Baker, executive director for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality stated...”at times the agency assisted school districts in testing water in the past, but only...