Upper Dublin School District is pledging to test water at all their schools and install carbon filters on water fountains.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — Amid ongoing concerns of chemicals found in drinking water around the naval air bases, a Montgomery County school district is taking steps to try to protect students.
Upper Dublin School District is pledging to test water at all their schools, install carbon filters on water fountains, while also telling students and parents to bring bottled water.
According to State Representative Todd Stephens, Maple Glen Elementary is the only school in the Upper Dublin School District that gets water from providers that have shown a level of PFC, which studies show may be connected to several health issues, including liver damage, high cholesterol, and thyroid disease.
Stephens says filters aren’t enough.
Schools should provide bottled water.
“So they can shut down the water fountains," he said, "and I think they need to shut down the cooking sinks as well.” Ginny Vitella, a mom of three in the district, says she feels not enough is being done.
“At the high school, they’re filling up five-gallon jugs of water and bringing them out to the field," she said, "and that’s just going to be out of the tap water.” Water from Aqua and Ambler Borough has shown levels of PFCs.
Horsham, Warminster and Warrington have installed installed filters to remove detectable levels.