22 sources of contaminated water shut off in schools
After 789 sources of water in the Jersey City public schools were tested for lead starting in May, a total of 22 sources showed elevated levels of the toxic element and have been shut off, with results being continuously released including as late as this past Thursday.
The water sources - such as fountains and sinks - were in Public School 3, School 3 Zero Tolerance, School 4, School 5, School 29, School 29A, Academy 1, School 15, McNair Academic High School, Snyder High, and Glenn D. Cunningham Early Childhood Center.
More testing was completed in late June, and the results from those tests will be available this coming Friday, July 11.
The testing began due to reports in January about the high level of lead in drinking water found at six schools (Schools 11, 23, 31, 6, 27, and 25) during testing done back in September of 2006 by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Some residents have complained that school officials knew about the lead and did not tell the public in a timely manner.
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