BEND, OR -- Bend-La Pine Schools officials received results Tuesday from the final round of drinking water tests. The district took 529 samples from facilities built after 1980, in late October, checking for lead and copper.
Results show all are within levels deemed safe by the Environmental Protection Agency. Click HERE for the district's testing rundown.
During earlier testing, unsafe lead levels were found in two older schools. To correct the problem, Crews will replace all drinking water fixtures at Amity Creek Elementary in Bend over Thanksgiving Break. And, they removed a drinking fountain from an unused classroom at La Pine Middle School.
Read more at the Bend-La Pine Schools website.
