Another Parsippany Elementary School Reports High Lead Level In Water

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Another elementary school in Parsippany was found to have elevated levels of lead in its drinking water, the district announced.

Partial results were returned for Northvail Elementary School, which found a level of 23.4 ppb, or parts per billion, in the drinking water of Classroom number 16, where special education and basic skills reading is taught.

The federal allowable limit of lead in water is 15 ppb.

Troy Hills Elementary School results were also returned, and all drinking water in that building was shown to be below the threshold.

The fountain was turned off and bottled water is being provided to students and staff in that classroom. More test results from that school are expected.

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The school district decided to test the water in all 14 school buildings after learning of the issues in the Newark School District, which saw widespread elevated lead levels.

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All 14 buildings underwent testing and included drinking fountains, food preparation areas, and home economics classrooms. Results for five schools were returned Monday, April 18.

Parsippany High School returned one positive test which came from the boiler room, which has a valve not used by students or teachers, and is only for use by the custodian and maintenance personnel. That test showed a 220 ppb.

It was the same over at Central Middle School, where the water pump room – only accessed by maintenance personnel – had a 66 ppb.

The same occurred at Parsippany Hills High School, where the boiler room utility valve returned a test of 100 ppb.

None of those valves are tied to drinking water in any of the buildings. Brooklawn Middle School returned no high results.