Lead found in high school portable classrooms’ water
March 11, 2010
By Laura Geggel
NEW — 1:55 p.m. March 11, 2010
Tests done in early March showed that water in Mount Si High School’s portable classrooms had levels of lead higher than what is recommended by the EPA.
District administrators advised teachers and students in the portables not to drink water coming from the faucets.
As a precaution, tests were performed on the water and plumbing services in the portable complex, but the results will not be available until the week of March 15, schools spokeswoman Carolyn Malcolm said.
Snoqualmie Valley schools and portables were last tested for lead in 2004, when Seattle School District found it had issues with lead in its water, Malcolm said.
“If this recent finding is related to new parts from construction of the new portables this summer, the district will work with manufacturers to ensure appropriate repairs,” Malcolm wrote in a news release.
Laura Geggel: 392-6434, ext. 221, or lgeggel@snovalleystar.com.
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