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Trustees press district to pursue testing, ask superintendent to meet Sweetwater Authority after PFAS findings at reservoir
Summary
Board members urged the district to press Sweetwater Authority and city officials about PFAS (forever chemicals) detected in the Sweetwater Reservoir that supplies parts of Chula Vista. District officials said environmental testing of school water is underway and committed to meetings with the authority and the city.
Trustees raised concerns at the Chula Vista Elementary School District board meeting about recent findings of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Sweetwater Reservoir, a water source for Westside schools.
Trustee Luminess Serrantes (identified in discussion as a trustee raising the concern) cited comments attributed to Justin Bridal, director of water quality for Sweetwater Authority, and recounted that the authority had reported detection of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in the Seward Reservoir. Trustee Luminess Serrantes said quoted reporting showed the authority…
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