PARSIPPANY — The Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District made the decision to have the water tested in all of the fourteen schools.
As part of the testing procedures, all drinking fountains, food preparation, and Home Economics classrooms were tested. Results for five schools were released on Monday, April 18.
Parsippany High School returned one positive test which came from the boiler room, which has a valve not used by students or teachers, and is only for use by the custodian and maintenance personnel. That test showed a 220 ppb.
It was the same at Central Middle School, where the water pump room – only accessed by maintenance personnel – had a 66 ppb.
The same occurred at Parsippany Hills High School, where the boiler room utility valve returned a test of 100 ppb.
None of those valves are tied to drinking water in any of the buildings. Brooklawn Middle School returned no high results.
The Rockaway Meadow Elementary School returned a 23.2 ppb, or parts per billion, level of lead in its drinking fountain water. The test came from classroom 25, which is used for autistic students. The maximum allowable limit is 15 ppb.
There was an error on the part of the consultant and not all the rooms were tested. The remaining classrooms will be tested, and the results will be reported when available.
The fountain was turned off and bottled water is being provided to students and staff in that classroom. More test results from that school are expected.
All other samples in the school were below the threshold. Please understand that the information we have received is preliminary and not the complete report. The steps taken at this point are precautionary. When additional notifications for the remaining schools and complete testing results for all our schools, information will be posted on the District website, by clicking here.
Click here for NJDEP website on lead in drinking water.
The Township website has the most recent State mandated water quality testing program. To review the water quality testing report, click here.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact Mr. David Corso, Assistant Superintendent of Schools/Chief Financial Officer at dfcorso@pthsd.net.
