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Massachusetts LCRI will require community water systems to offer and expand school lead testing beginning in 2027
Summary
Under the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), community water systems must submit lists of schools and childcare facilities to MassDEP by Nov. 1, 2027, offer free testing and collect samples from 20% of eligible elementary schools and childcare facilities each year through 2032 until all have been sampled.
The Massachusetts Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) will require community public water systems (PWSs) to identify and outreach to every school and childcare facility they serve and to begin expanded sampling on Nov. 1, 2027, presenters said in a MassDEP/RCAP webinar.
Jasmine, a presenter, told attendees that PWSs must compile a list of schools and childcare facilities they serve and may exclude only facilities that both were built or had full plumbing replacements on or after Jan. 1, 2014, and are not served by lead, galvanized or unknown service lines. The initial list must be submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) by Nov. 1, 2027, and certified or revised at least once…
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