Another Parsippany School Reports High Levels Of Lead In Drinking Water

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – One week after high levels of lead were recorded in some of Parsippany’s school buildings, more results have been returned to show the same effect in another of the district’s buildings.

The Par-Troy Board of Education announced three locations in the Knollwood Elementary School returned higher than allowable levels of lead in its drinking water. The threshold, according to the DEP, is 15 ppb, or parts per billion. Any number above that exceeds the allowable limit by law.

The three locations and their ppb were:

• Classroom 10, School Counselor’s Room: 25.1 ppb
• Classroom 12, 1st Grade Classroom – 23.8 ppb
• Classroom 15, Art/GRO Classroom – 17 ppb

Drinking fountains in those classrooms were turned off Tuesday and bottled water is being provided to students in those classrooms, the district said.

See related: Lead Found in Drinking Water At Parsippany Schools

A valve in the boiler room of the school also recorded a high level of 39.6 ppb, but that system is not tied to drinking water and used for utility purposes only.

Last week, results for five of the district’s school buildings were returned, and showed Eastlake School had the highest scores.

Those scores and locations included:

• Hall to gym wc: 22 ppb.
• Classroom #5 wc: 16 ppb
• Classroom #14 wc: 270 ppb
• Classroom # 8 wc: 24 ppb
• Classroom #16 wc: 28 ppb

The action plan being initiated by the district is to shut off water flow used for drinking and meal preparation and provide bottled water to students, administrators said.

Test results for six of the 14 buildings have been made public so far.