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Hauppauge officials say routine testing and fixture removal addressed concerns after state lowered school lead threshold
Summary
Board members discussed a 2022 lowering of the school lead standard to 5 parts per billion and the district said it removed or remediated fountains above that threshold, emphasized filtration for bottle-fill stations and noted testing frequency and sampling timing affect results.
Board members addressed recent coverage about lead in school water and described steps the district has taken since the state lowered a school lead standard.
A committee member asked whether new reporting reflected a newly released study. A staff member said the change occurred in 2022 and "they lowered it to 5 for schools," which expanded the number of fixtures captured by the rule. "When that happened... we took those... water…
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