Expert says school water fountain work may have been doomed from the start
The city water commission’s top engineer says the plan to replace the water fountains in some city schools may have been doomed from the start, reports The Boston Globe.
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Fountains were shut down in four schools last month after a test revealed elevated levels of lead in the drinking water. Two facilities employees were placed on administrative leave after some of the new fountains were turned on too early, possibly exposing kids to harmful lead water levels.
The lead contamination could have stemmed from the the decision to partially replace the piping connecting to the school’s fountains, John Sullivan, who has worked at the Boston Water and Sewer Commission for four decades, told the Globe.
“Any time you disturb pipes, the lead can become loosened and it gets into the water, and you can have, on a temporary basis, an increase in lead,” Sullivan told the Globe.
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