SCHOOL WATER TESTS APRIL 2016
SCHOOL WATER TESTS APRIL 2016
The Portsmouth School Department has completed tests of water in all city schools to assess any potential exposure to lead. Tests were conducted in April at each of our schools with the assistance of Absolute Resource Associates, a state certified water quality laboratory. The results from all tests were below the Federal Drinking Water regulatory limit for lead at 15 parts per billion. The attached test result reports were produced from a representative sampling based on existing plumbing infrastructure with recommendations from Absolute Resource Associates.
While these results are reassuring, the goal for Portsmouth Schools is zero when it comes to the presence of lead. Three out of the twenty tests performed came back with some presence of lead below the limit. One was the sink in the custodial closet of New Franklin, one was a classroom bubbler at New Franklin, and one was a hallway bubbler at Dondero. Our custodial crew and maintenance department have since taken those bubblers out of service and plan to switch them out for new ones to ensure students have no contact with any lead at all. The bubblers will be retested once they are replaced.