SEATTLE — Drinking water tests this month in Bellevue schools found unsafe levels of lead in the water from at least one fixture or fountain in almost every building in the wealthy suburban district where nearly every building is relatively new.
The district told The Associated Press on Friday that school officials are working on replacing or repairing the troubled fixtures that tested positive for lead above the actionable level set by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Thirteen of the district’s 16 elementary schools had at least one fixture that tested positive for lead above 15 parts per billion. All the district’s middle schools and high schools had at least one drinking water fixture that tested above the EPA level.
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