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Friday, August 31st, 2018

Detroit School District Shuts Off Drinking Water After 16 Schools Test Positive for Copper, Lead

Author:     Olivia Rosane
Source:     EcoWatch
Publication Date:     Aug. 30, 2018 07:11AM EST
 Link: Detroit School District Shuts Off Drinking Water After 16 Schools Test Positive for Copper, Lead
Stephan:   Here is yet another story about America's collapsing public infrastructure. While other countries are building high-speed rail, photovoltaic highways, and skylines that provoke wonder, in the U.S. I am seeing story after story about failing and toxic water systems, the possible loss of passenger rail, collapsing bridges, third-rate mobile telephone networks, and on and on. We are seriously off the rails. So let me say once again, November may be our last chance to avoid going over the cliff.

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Less than a week before the new school year, the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) announced Wednesday it would shut off drinking water in all schools after tests at 16 turned up high levels of copper or lead, The Detroit News reported Wednesday.

“Although we have no evidence that there are elevated levels of copper or lead in our other schools where we are awaiting test results, out of an abundance of caution and concern for the safety of our students and employees, I am turning off all drinking water in our schools until a deeper and broader analysis can be conducted to determine the long-term solutions for all schools,” DPSCD Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said in a statement reported by The Detroit Free Press.

Vitti said he immediately turned off water Tuesday at the 16 schools that tested positively and had provided water bottles until water coolers could be delivered, The Detroit News reported.

Vitti began water testing at all 106 of the DPSCD’s […]

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