Testing Drinking Water for Lead in Public Schools and Daycares

The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act) addresses, supports, and improves America’s drinking water infrastructure, and federal grant funds from the WIIN Act have been used to develop a program to test drinking water for lead at Rhode Island schools. This program is a collaboration between the URI Cooperative Extension Water Quality Program, the RI Department of Health (RIDOH), and the RI Department of Education (RIDE).

Sampling results from participating schools will be complied and posted on the RI Department of Health website. Sampling results will help guide the recommendations provided in the final report. 

Drinking water is usually not a primary source of lead exposure, but no level of lead is considered safe. So, it is important to reduce all sources.