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Hartland district plans lead-reducing filters after state’s 2024 ‘Filter First’ requirement
Summary
School facilities staff told the Hartland Consolidated Schools board the district will add bottle-filling stations, test fixtures annually and use a $187,500 grant to comply with October 2024 state legislation requiring lead-reducing filters on drinking water sources.
The Hartland Consolidated Schools district plans to install lead-reducing filters at drinking water sources across its buildings to meet state legislation issued in October 2024, district facilities staff told the Board of Education on Oct. 20.
District facilities staff said the new requirement — commonly called the Filter First legislation — will require one bottle-filling station per 100 building occupants, annual testing of filtered sites and signage at non‑filtered fixtures. "We already comply with our noncommunity requirements because we do have our own well system," a facilities presenter said, adding that new filtration rules require retrofit or replacement of some existing bottle fillers.
The board heard that the…
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