Martin County, Ky. boil water advisory affects elementary school

MARTIN COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) — A boil water advisory is in effect for all customers in the Coldwater area of Martin County, Kentucky.
That includes Inez Elementary and the Martin County Area Technology Center.
Officials with the Martin County Water District say this is due to a break in the main line at Coldwater.
The advisory affects approximately 295 customers.
Customers in this area should boil all water used for drinking and cooking, bringing the water to a rolling boil for three minutes before using, to avoid potential contamination in the water supply.

Water Tests at Flint Elementary Schools Show Increase in Lead Levels

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(FLINT, Mich.) — Recent water tests at elementary schools in Flint have found an increase in samples showing lead levels above the federal action limit.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality determined that 28 samples tested in February were above 15 parts per billion of lead, the Flint Journal reported.
That compares to 20 such samples in January.
The increase may be due to changes in testing conditions, such as the decision to collect samples before flushing lines, said George Krisztian, a department spokesman.
The overall results are encouraging because they meet federal guidelines for lead if treated like samples collected by municipal water systems, Krisztian said.
The city’s chief public health adviser and director of public works are working with department representatives, public health officials and researchers to review the data, Flint Mayor Karen Weaver said.
“I am convinced that these test results prove additional work and investigation is needed to determine the source (or sources) of the lead, and what actions must be taken to address and resolve the problem, once and for all,” Weaver said.
State-funded bottled water will likely continue to be supplied until all lead and galvanized service lines have been replaced, Weaver said.
State officials are expected to conduct another round of testing this month.

Kalamazoo elementary school affected by boil water advisory

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Milwood Elementary School in Kalamazoo is just one location affected by a boil water due to a water main break near the intersection Lovers Lane and Cork Street.
According to officials, the break was a result of temporary loss of pressure in the lines.
The kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department are advising those who work or live near this area to avoid drinking or ingesting the water and to boil the water until further notice.
The department is testing the water for bacteria and will take up to 72 hours to lift the boil water advisory.

Schools reporting lead levels in water

Out-of-order signs on some sinks and water fountains at North Greene Elementary School keep the fixtures dry, even though the school recently completed renovations that replaced much of the school’s plumbing.
That was right before testing showed elevated levels of lead in the school’s water.
“We replaced pipes and all water fountains during the renovations,” Scott said.
Then Ideal Environmental Engineering ran state-mandated lead tests, which showed 11 of 31 tested sites in the school with lead contamination, six of them above the 5 parts per billion at which schools are required to report the results to parents.
“The 5 parts per billion signifies the level for which schools must notify individuals.” Five drinking fountains at North Greene Elementary tested at 9.04 ppb, 6.40 ppb, 6.9 ppb, 10.1 ppb and 18.8 ppb.
A sink in a pre-kindergarten room also tested high, at 5.01 ppb.
Armed with the test results, the North Greene district contacted CTS Group, the company that completed the renovations.
“They came in and flushed all of our sinks, fountains and plumbing,” Scott said.
“We are just waiting for the testing to verify that.” A test in September in Jacksonville School District 117 did not register any levels above 5 ppb, though four testing sites out of 100 showed some levels of lead.
School districts must report test results to the Illinois Department of Public Health and implement plans to clean the water systems, if necessary.

Water main break on Remount Rd. affecting traffic, elementary school

Water service in an area of Hanahan remains off as crews continue to repair a water main break.
North Charleston fire and police departments dealt with a water main break on Remount Road at Yeamans Hall Road Wednesday morning and another on Thursday.
Principal Janice Malone said some parents decided to keep their children home Thursday, but not all parents can make that accommodation.
Earlier Thursday, Charleston County School District spokesman Andy Pruitt confirmed the water outage at the school.
"Charleston County School District staff members brought portable toilets and bottled water to the facility," Pruitt said.
School leaders said children who stayed home Thursday because of the water outage would receive an excused absence.
Thursday’s break closed a portion of the road temporarily.
The water on Remount Rd.
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He’s also been preparing meals with bottled water.

Elementary School Students Learn Science from Future Teachers

Elementary School Students Learn Science from Future Teachers.
“We’re students working with students but we kind of get into the hang of becoming teachers.
They’re fine and they are ready to learn,” said William Paterson University senior Lianna Palladino.
Third-grader Keila Almonte explained what she learned about earthquakes: “More of them are in California because of the plates underground, which if they touch each other will make a big earthquake.” Students built models of buildings.
The event is part of a 10-year partnership between the university and Paterson School 12.
“William Paterson University and Paterson Public Schools have a partnership where we place our interns, graduates of our programs, work in our schools.
It’s partially us teaching, it’s partly bringing the kids to do hands-on experiments, and it’s also giving back to the community because what we’re doing is we’re planting a vegetable garden at Paterson School 12 that the community has access to.
So we’re giving back and we’re learning with the kids as well,” said William Paterson University senior Arielle Testa.
This event is part of a year-round partnership between the university and the school.
In fact, students will head over to work with the elementary schoolers on cleaning up the community garden and a month later, they’ll take the seedlings they planted today and plant them in the garden to grow over the summer.