b'O n August 28, 2022, Senate BillSenior Services (MODHSS) reporting 681 became effective and inplatform to document the testing had Section 160.077 of this Bill, Getbeen completed. the Lead Out of School DrinkingIf water testing results indicated a Water Act, it required schoolconcentration of 5 parts per billion districts to perform an inventory of their(PPB) or greater, the water source did drinking water outlets, create a testingnot meet the Missouri Senate Bill 681 plan, and to test the identified drinkingSection 160.77 Get the Lead out of water outlets for lead at each schoolSchool Drinking Water Act Required building. According to this bill, drinkingAction Level; therefore, was required water outlets are defined as potable waterto be turned off and/or restricted for fixtures that are used for drinking oruse immediately.food preparation, which also includes water sources used for cooking and/or forIf a concentration of 5 PPB or greater cleaning cooking and eating utensils.was detected at a school building, the First draw water samples of eachschool district was required to contact drinking water outlet should haveand provide written notification to been collected after at least anparents and staff of that particular 8-hour period of inactivity (but norschool within 7-business days more than 18-hours) into laboratoryafter receipt of sample results. This supplied 250-milliliter (mL) samplenotification required test results of the containers and submitted to asampled locations, planned remedial Missouri Department of Naturalactions, information providing general Resources Certified Laboratory, ahealth effects of lead contamination, and National Environmental Laboratorycommunity specific resources. Accreditation Conference (NELAC)If the school had an elevated water Institute Accredited Laboratory, or anysource(s), these sources should have state laboratory with a certificationbeen shut off immediately (removed program with EPA oversight.from service) and School District School Districts were required toplumbers (or subcontractors) should perform this sampling before Augusthave evaluated these sources and 1, 2024, or the first day on whichplumbing to determine what may students will be present in the buildingbe different with these sources/pipes (whichever was later), and within twothan the other ones within the facility. (2) weeks of receiving the sample results,Various remediation activities may to include the results and any leadhave been implemented such as water remediation plans available on theirfixture and/or piping replacement, school website. These laboratory resultsaerator/screen cleaning, aerator/were also required to be submitted onscreen replacement, flushing activities, the Missouri Department of Health andinstallation of single source water filters SCHOOL SIGNS MADE EASY Directional and Wayfinding Signs School Safety Zone Signs Lobby Displays and Spririt Walls ADA Room ID Signs Exterior DiBond and Aluminum Signs Window Graphics and Signswww.indoxservices.com | 314.633.4800stlorders@indoxservices.comWWW.MSPMA.COM|21'