An update on water quality in GCISD
With safety of students and staff in mind, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD is taking action after an analysis of water samples revealed elevated lead content at a drinking fountain and sink at O.C. Taylor Elementary and a baseball concession stand sink at Grapevine High School. GCISD requested testing at facilities constructed prior to 1989 amid questions about lead levels in drinking water in some area school districts. This testing, which included seven campuses, targeted facilities constructed prior to 1989. Congress mandated that any construction post-1986 be done with lead-free drinking water components.
Based on these results, the district will conduct further testing on all of the campus water fountains at O.C. Taylor. During this time, water fountains will be turned off and bottled water will be provided for students and staff.
A second round of samples collected from the baseball field concession stand sink at GHS and the kitchen prep sink at O.C. Taylor, taken 30-seconds after the first tests, met water quality standards. Taking a second test 30-seconds after the initial test is part of the EPA guidelines. As a recommended measure, the district is also installing a point-of-use National Sanitation Foundation-certified lead reduction filtration system at the respective sinks.
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