"The Seattle school district tests the drinking water at each campus at least once every three years. Through early 2018, the results of those tests showed 53 percent of schools in South Seattle registered lead readings above what the district considers an acceptable level of exposure."
seattletimes.com/education-lab/lead-persists-in-the-water-at-many-seattle-schools-does-chicago-have-a-solution/
"High levels of lead were found in drinking water on the campus of an elementary school [Hickman Elementary] in Mira Mesa.
In December, parents of students at Garfield Elementary School were told elevated lead levels were found in four water faucets on the school's campus.
Parents at Ocean Beach Elementary were also told about elevated levels of lead found in that school's drinking fountains. Four water sources tested above the district's 5 ppb threshold."
nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Hickman-Elementary-School-Lead-Testing-Results-Drinking-Water-505192511.html
"The Ephrata Area School District’s Akron Elementary School is among 10 mostly aging schools in four Lancaster County districts that were found in voluntary testing in 2016 and 2017 “to have elevated lead levels in water fountains, classroom sinks and a kitchen,”"
lancasteronline.com/opinion/editorials/schools-ought-to-be-required-to-test-drinking-water-for/article_9c1d0030-241b-11e9-a513-a33883c5898d.html
"Last week, the city [Brooklyn] Department of Education said 391 schools — about a quarter of all campuses — still have 1,165 water outlets with lead above 15 ppb."
nypost.com/2018/09/15/lead-contamination-shuts-down-student-funded-school-water-fountain/
"School officials have taken five school faucets or drinking fountains out of service, after a round of tap-by-tap lead testing at 10 Guilford County [North Carolina] schools."
journalnow.com/news/state_region/guilford-schools-take-five-faucets-or-fountains-out-of-service/article_e99c7bce-7086-584a-a2fc-999a5e23ec31.html
"School officials found that 13 water fountains in three Scituate schools [Massachusetts] had levels of lead slightly higher than the state’s recommended standard last week."
patriotledger.com/news/20170130/school-water-fountains-with-elevated-levels-of-lead-turned-off-in-scituate
"For the first time in more than a year, some Portland Public School students are allowed to drink from school water fountains – including Astor School.Drinking water fixtures have been turned off since May 2016 after water tests showed high lead levels in school drinking water in all, but one school. Fountains were shut off and bottled water was brought in for drinking and cooking at a cost of $1 million.
The district will have to change more than 10,000 fountains and faucets in just about every school – beginning with the elementary and K-8 schools to get the lead out of the drinking water."
koin.com/news/astor-school-water-fountains-back-on_20180116022337962/918029464