Drinking water solution nears for students at Nile Garden

Once the state approves those plans, the project to extend City of Manteca water lines to the Nile Avenue campus in rural south Manteca can move forward.
Nile Garden switched to bottled water four years ago when tests showed that the water being pumped from a well no longer met newer federal standards for arsenic.
The previous standard was 50 parts per billion in terms of volume.
It has now been reduced to 10 parts per billion.
Arsenic occurs naturally.
Experts have said it would take arsenic levels “about 100 times” higher than what they are now to cause sickness.
Measure G work connected with modernization of existing classrooms and addressing health and safety needs has already been addressed.
Nile Garden will also have a multipurpose room added to address existing deficiencies and to serve growth.
Both campuses will have new classroom wings that are expected to contain 8 classrooms each and accommodate more than 200 additional students at each campus.
There are no nearby fire hydrants currently at the rural campus.

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