Lead in RI school drinking water – free testing must be requested. Most results years old.
RIDOH and URI to Test School Drinking Water for Lead Contamination – but Superintendents have to request it Rhode Island can test school and day care centers drinking water for lead contamination free of charge, but it is voluntary – meaning the school has to request it. Last month a voluntary, statewide program to test the drinking water in any Rhode Island K-12 school began with organizers encouraging any school that has not yet signed up to take advantage of this no-cost testing opportunity to do so. This effort is a collaboration between the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE), and the University of Rhode Island (URI) Cooperative Extension Water Quality Program. When school s sign up, program staff work with school leadership on the timing of sample collection and on the selection of 10 sample locations through each school . RIDOH and URI Cooperative Extension Water Quality Program will provi...