Lead in school water

LEAD FOUND IN CCS TAPS Drinking Fountain, Sinks Cut Off COOPERSTOWN – Lead levels above the state Department of Health’s safety standards were discovered in one of 48 drinking fountains in Cooperstown schools, and “it was immediately taken out of service,” Interim Superintendent of Schools Mike Virgil reported in a letter to parents dated Monday, Dec. 12. The level was 17 parts per billion, 2 ppb above the health standard, the letter said. “Hand-washing sinks in the elementary school classrooms…