Water found to have elevated levels of metals
Students at Center Township Elementary School will continue to drink bottled water as the district looks into issues with the tap water there.
On April 16, a teacher discovered “black particles” at the school, which prompted administrators to notify parents and shut off the water until tests could be done.
This week, Principal Jeffrey D. Mathieson sent home a follow-up letter detailing the results of lab tests after samples were collected from 10 different water fixtures by Gannett Fleming engineers.
The samples from Room 21, were above the Department of Environmental Protection's action levels for copper, aluminum and iron, according to the test results. The sample from that room had 3 parts per billion of lead, which is below the state's action level of 15 ppb. The other nine samples were all below the action levels for metals and inorganics.
“While these elevated limits do not pose a health concern, they do indicate a need to address a potential plumbing issue,” Mathieson wrote in the letter.
A full story appears in the Butler Eagle.
