Seattle school district assures parents of safe drinking water
Apr 26, 2016, 2:37 PM | Updated: 3:23 pm
Seattle Public Schools says it conducts regular studies on its drinking water. (AP)
(AP)
The Seattle school district says there’s no concern about lead in the water at its schools.
“Parents have nothing to worry about when it comes to unsafe levels of lead in the drinking water in Seattle Public Schools,” said district spokesperson Stacy Howard.
Related: Six Tacoma schools now reporting lead in drinking water
The district adopted a policy on drinking water 12 years ago that includes periodic testing.
“The Seattle Public Schools considers student health and safety as a top priority,” Howard said. “Over the last several years we have adopted and implemented a set of rigorous standards which have set nationally recognized standards for safe drinking water quality in public schools.”
For individual school reports, read it here.
Seattle Public Utilities was also concerned about about lead in the water because of pipes leading to thousands of homes in the city, but after testing across the city, it announced on Monday it’s safe.
Tacoma is still testing hundreds of other locations, which may have unsafe levels of lead in the water.
KIRO Radio reporter Sara Lerner contributed to this report.
