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Committee discusses City of Aurora lead-in-water notice; staff says district testing largely up to date
Summary
Committee members reviewed a City of Aurora notification about potential lead in building service lines; staff said the district previously conducted comprehensive testing and will adopt a spot-check protocol going forward.
Committee members discussed a City of Aurora notice about potential lead in water service lines and whether the district needs new testing. Andy Allen, a staff member, said the district conducted comprehensive water testing in 2017–18 and has posted results online. He recommended continued spot checks and a simple testing protocol.
Allen said recent upgrades at several buildings — new vertical and horizontal plumbing lines and bottle fillers with lead-filtering capability — reduce risk. “We did all the water tested in the building, drinking fountains, water coming in, handwashing stations, all that. It is posted already on the website,” Allen said. He added the high school and recreation center had service-line work performed during prior renovations.
A committee member asked how often testing should be done; Allen proposed an annual rotating spot-check schedule, testing a few buildings each year and randomizing some checks. He said the district can set a formal protocol and that testing is relatively inexpensive, noting an example cost of about $100 for a community lab sample. The committee asked staff to draft a simple testing protocol and work with operations staff AJ and Nick to implement spot checks.
No formal vote was taken; the committee asked staff to return with a written protocol and estimated costs for routine testing.
