More states are requiring schools to test drinking water for lead. Doing so puts them on the hook for costly remediation and opens them up to liability exposure.
Pennsylvania’s Butler Area School District tested the water in Summit Elementary School for lead contamination in the summer of 2016. Results showed the level of lead far exceeded the EPA’s “reasonably safe” standard of 15 parts per billion. Five months later, the school finally told students’ parents.
Jennifer Tait, whose…
