School in Wrigley, N.W.T., has one water fixture with elevated lead levels | CBC News
The N.W.T. government says that water from one fixture at Chief Julian Yendo School in Wrigley has been found to have elevated lead levels. Testing at Louie Norwegian School in Jean Marie River found no fixtures with elevated lead.
Testing also found lead levels within acceptable limits at Louie Norwegian School in Jean Marie River
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The N.W.T. government says that water from one fixture at Chief Julian Yendo School in Wrigley has been found to have elevated lead levels.
The results are part of the government’s lead testing protocol for drinking water in schools, launched across the territory in October last year after some water at some schools was found to exceed Health Canada recommendations.
Since then several more schools have been found to have elevated lead levels and some fixtures have been taken out of service until they can be replaced.
The fixture at the Wrigley school “will require flushing prior to use,” according to a news release issued on Monday. It says once that fixture is either replaced or has a filter attached, the water will be retested.
Monday’s news release said that testing was also done recently at Louie Norwegian School in Jean Marie River. It found that water from all fixtures at that school had lead levels within acceptable limits.