SEQUIM — While testing for levels of lead in the drinking water in Sequim schools continues, district Superintendent Regan Nickels said most faucets tested have water safe to drink.
Each of Sequim’s schools have been or are now being tested by the state Department of Health, and the district continues to get results.
A few faucets have produced results with water that is not potable and have been marked for handwashing only, Nickels said.
“The percentage of places where we’ve had to address (the issue) is relatively low,” she said.
As soon as results from all schools are back, Nickels said she will present findings to the school district’s board of directors — that would likely happen in July or August — and staff would work with the Department of Health for any remediation.
Each school building has places students can fill bottles with drinkable water, Nickels said.
A voluntary test of water fixtures in Greywolf Elementary and Helen Haller Elementary in 2016 revealed excess lead in some of the schools’ sinks, although drinking fountains also were tested and did not contain excess lead.
