(WBFF) – Anne Arundel County has found lead in the water sources of at least nine different schools.
At High Point Elementary School in Pasadena, 10 water sources including sinks or fountains showed elevated levels of lead in recent tests.
The county has shut off those water sources but says only a quarter of its schools have been tested for lead, and it could be nearly a year until all testing is complete.
Thirty-three of the county schools have been tested.
The results for 23 schools have been returned.
But the county says bottled water will not be necessary because there are still other adequate water outlets at the affected schools.
Mosier says that schools served by public water are tested by the public works department when it leaves the water plant.
The county will have to determine where the water is picking up lead from the time it leaves the plant to when it arrives at the schools water outlets.
The testing at the other schools is expected to be done by next July.
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