Drinking Water - Results of Lead Sampling of Drinking Water in California Schools

Description

The Division of Drinking Water (DDW), in collaboration with the California Department of Education, has taken the initiative to begin testing for lead in drinking water at all public K-12 schools. In early 2017, DDW and Local Primacy Agencies issued amendments to the domestic water supply permits of approximately 1,200 community water systems so that schools that are served by a public water system could request assistance from their public water system to conduct water sampling for lead and receive technical assistance if an elevated lead sample is found. To further safeguard water quality in California’s K-12 public schools, California Assembly Bill 746 published on October 12, 2017, effective January 1, 2018, requires community water system to test lead levels, by July 1, 2019, in drinking water at all California public, K-12 school sites that were constructed before January 1, 2010. The **[program webpage](https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/certlic/drinkingwater/leadsamplinginschools.html)** contains information on both the permit amendments and AB 746.

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8 This dataset is retrieved from the California State Water Resources Control Board's **[Lead Sampling in Schools](https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/certlic/drinkingwater/leadsamplinginschools.html)** website (the dataset is available under the *Sampling Results* tab, at the *Download Sampling Results Spreadsheet* link). https://data.ca.gov/dataset/837e39e9-03e9-4b09-adc0-10d3368b7ec7/resource/5ebb2d68-1186-4937-acaf-8564c9a01ed6/download/monthly_posting_final.csv

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  • public-schools
  • drinking-water
  • child-health
  • water
  • lead-contamination

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