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Download full textEnvironmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. – 1994
This manual demonstrates how drinking water in schools and non-residential buildings can be tested for lead and how contamination problems can be corrected when found. The manual also provides background information concerning the sources and health effects of lead, how lead gets into drinking water, how lead in drinking water is regulated, and…
Descriptors: Drinking Water, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Lead Poisoning
Odell, Lee – School Business Affairs, 1991
The Seattle School District began a program in 1990 to identify lead levels in the district's drinking water and to implement measures to lower any high lead levels. Recounts each of the seven steps of the program, discusses what the district found, and explains how it lowered lead levels in the drinking water. (MLF)
Descriptors: Drinking Water, Elementary Secondary Education, Lead Poisoning, Water Quality
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Water Programs. – 1989
Lead levels in school drinking water merit special concern because children are more at risk than adults from exposure to lead. This manual provides ways in which school officials can minimize this risk. It assists administrators by providing: (1) general information on the significance of lead in school drinking water and its effects on children;…
Descriptors: Drinking Water, Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Guidelines
Natale, Jo Anna – American School Board Journal, 1991
Recent research shows lead poisoning is more widespread and even more dangerous to infants and young children than previously thought. A bill proposed in Congress would require schools and day-care centers to test for lead. Summarizes lead's health hazards and how to test drinking water. (MLF)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Drinking Water, Early Childhood Education, Educational Facilities
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Water Programs. – 1989
The purpose of this manual is to assist school officials by providing information on the effects of lead in school drinking water on children, how to detect the presence of lead, how to reduce the lead, and how to provide training for sampling and remedial programs. A protocol is provided for procedures to determine the location and source of lead…
Descriptors: Drinking Water, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Standards
Minnesota State Dept. of Health, St. Paul. – 2000
This manual was designed to assist Minnesota's schools in minimizing the consumption of lead in drinking water by students and staff. It offers step-by-step instructions for testing and reducing lead in drinking water. The manual answers: Why is lead a health concern? How are children exposed to lead? Why is lead a special concern for schools? How…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Safety, Drinking Water, Elementary Secondary Education
Abend, Allen C. – American School Board Journal, 1989
Lead poisoning from lead in paint, water, air, and dust and soil is a hazard to young people. School officials should survey all buildings for lead in drinking water, building paint, and art supplies and instructional materials. Federal assistance is available. Telephone numbers are listed. (MLF)
Descriptors: Construction Materials, Drinking Water, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Standards
