Kids drink contaminated water at schools, but testing for lead isn’t required. Despite aging pipes and vulnerable children, schools face no national requirement to test for lead.

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — When the state of New York became the first in the nation to require all public schools to test their drinking water for lead in 2016, Keyry Broncano learned that water ...

But providing safe water for kids to drink during the school day shouldn’t be optional. More to Read . Nearly half of Pasadena Unified schools have contaminated soil, district finds.

CBS13 reviewed internal school emails that indicate some schools did find lead in school drinking water but didn't notify parents or fix the tap. Years later, some of those taps are still in use.

Increased access to drinking water could improve kids' health, a new study found. A hallway water fountain is shown in San Francisco International High School in California's Bay Area in October 2017.

In 2016, a new state law required schools to start testing drinking water for lead. At the time, districts needed to shut off and fix any fixtures that had more than 15 parts per billion of lead.

Concerning levels of lead have been detected in the drinking water at some Pennsylvania schools, according to a new report. The investigation examined nine large school districts across the state ...

In late 2023, Gwinnett County Public Schools became the first major school district in the metro to enroll in the Clean Water for Georgia Kids program. Testing began in January 2024.

Increased access to drinking water could improve kids' health, a new study found. A hallway water fountain is shown in San Francisco International High School in California's Bay Area in October 2017.