Most Utah districts testing for lead in schools, but some not participating
SALT LAKE CITY — Nearly 80 percent of Utah's school districts are participating in a voluntary sampling effort to detect lead in drinking water, but some are not sharing results with the state or are ignoring requests for information.
The Utah Department of Environmental Quality rolled out the voluntary initiative earlier this year hoping to get an overall assessment of the extent of lead contamination, if any, in drinking water at public schools.
To date, 1,088 sample results have been fo
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