Schools Now Required to Test for Lead in Water

Get the Lead Out of School Drinking Water | Health & Senior Services

Reporting. As provided in Revised Statute of Missouri (RSMo 160.077), all schools must submit testing results for lead concentrations in drinking water to DHSS.

Missouri schools to test drinking water for lead - FOX 2

The language in the law says if in the past ten years, a fixtured has tested above 5ppb for lead, the fixture does not need repeat testing, ...

Many Schools Have Lead in Their Drinking Water. What the Feds ...

The federal rule does apply to those school districts because they are, in essence, their own water systems. They must test their water for lead ...

Missouri schools addressing lead in drinking water under new act

School personnel must now test all of their building's water used for drinking ... have a plan to test the water supply by Jan. 1, 2024 ...

U.S. kids drink contaminated water at schools without a lead testing ...

— When the state of New York became the first in the nation to require all public schools to test their drinking water for lead in 2016, Keyry ...

Missouri governor signs bill requiring schools test, filter water for lead

State governments already have funds, provided by federal grants, for schools that voluntarily test ... State governments already have funds, ...

How States Are Handling Lead in School Drinking Water – NASBE

To date, federal regulations have not required schools or child care facilities to test for lead in drinking water. If finalized, proposed revisions to the ...

An “F” for Voluntary School Lead Testing Programs - NRDC

Voluntary testing of school and child care drinking water is a flawed approach that fails to protect kids from lead.

Schools struggle with lead-contaminated water while awaiting ... - PBS

At least 19 states require schools to test for lead in drinking water. A 2022 law in Colorado requires child care providers and schools that ...

Bill requiring Missouri schools to cut down lead in drinking water ...

The Missouri House and Senate passed legislation requiring schools to test for lead and cut down concentrations in school drinking water.

Protecting Children from Lead Exposure in Schools and Child Care ...

There are no federal laws requiring lead testing of drinking water in schools that receive water from public water systems, even though these ...

Lead in schools' water - Environment America

Require testing at all water outlets used for drinking or cooking at all schools annually, using protocols designed to capture worst-case lead exposure for ...

Tackling the Lack of School-Based Lead Testing – NASBE

Nor is Michigan alone. No federal law requires the testing of drinking water for lead in schools that receive water from public water systems, according to a ...

White House announces new money to fight lead contamination in ...

While there is no national requirement to test for lead in school water, states and localities that have chosen to test often find it. Lead in ...

Legislature on the verge of requiring Missouri schools test, filter ...

... require schools test and, potentially, filter drinking water to prevent lead poisoning ... detect such low concentrations of lead is not ...

Schools Now Required to Test for Lead in Water - TNAAP

It requires school districts to implement policies to test for lead in drinking water sources in schools.

Public schools across the country plagued by high lead levels in ...

At least eight of the states that mandate testing require school water samples to meet lead contamination levels even lower than the EPA's ...

Early Adopters: State Approaches to Testing School Drinking Water ...

Reports of lead contamination have emerged in schools and communities across the country. The focus on this issue is deserved: even at low ...

Who is Responsible for Ensuring Drinking Water at Schools and ...

Testing is voluntary. Schools and child care centers are not required to test for lead levels in the drinking water of any facility. If a school ...

K-12 Education: Lead Testing of School Drinking Water Would ...

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), at least 8 states have requirements that schools test for lead in drinking water as of ...