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Westbury officials: district water now within new state lead standard after targeted fixes
Summary
A resident asked why Westbury appeared on a state list after the lead standard changed; facilities staff said earlier failing fixtures were taken out of service, repaired or replaced, retested and are now within the new 5 ppb standard, and additional filtration is in place.
Chester McGibbon, a resident, told the Westbury Union Free School District board that recent news reports had listed the district among Nassau County systems flagged after the state lowered its lead threshold from 15 parts per billion to 5 parts per billion and asked for a timeline and explanation.
Dr. Chase and the district’s facilities director responded that the district began testing under the new standard after the…
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