Lead Levels In Ridgewood Schools Water Were Too High: State

RIDGEWOOD, NJ — The Ridgewood School District is one of 61 New Jersey districts that had too much lead in their water recently, a new state database shows.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday that the New Jersey Department of Education has created the centralized database with lead-testing information from school districts.

High lead levels were found in water at George Washington Middle School, Willard School, Ben Franklin Middle School, Glen School, Hawes School, Ridgewood High School, Somerville School and Travell School. (Click here for testing results and the district’s lead testing program statement of assurance).

Rep. Josh Gotteimer, D-Bergen, and Murphy announced a three-pronged approach to strengthening the state's response to lead testing and remediating elevated lead levels in New Jersey schools' drinking water.

The centralized, state-managed database provides water quality information reported by school entities, including whether any samples exceeded the permissible lead action level, the date of the most recent sampling, a link to the full sampling results, and contact information for the school district or other school entity.

Click here for a complete list of 61 New Jersey districts that had too much lead in their water.

— With reporting by Tom Davis