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Sacramento State has released the results from its comprehensive test of its drinking water sources for lead contamination.
 43 sources, around five percent, were found to be above the EPA action level of 15 parts per billion.

Toxicology expert: Campus water still contaminated with lead

Kameron Schmid September 5, 2017

(Go to StateHornet.com/SSLead for more information) The issue of Sacramento State’s drinking water containing dangerous amounts of lead continues, as work done over the summer by a campus research...

Sacramento State has released the results from its comprehensive test of its drinking water sources for lead contamination.
 43 sources, around five percent, were found to be above the EPA action level of 15 parts per billion.

Sac State releases drinking water lead contamination results

Kameron Schmid May 8, 2017

UPDATE: May 9 at 1:44 p.m. — This story has been updated to include new comments from Steve Leland, the university's director of environmental health and safety, and information on an open forum to...

Sacramento State has released the results from its comprehensive test of its drinking water sources for lead contamination.
 43 sources, around five percent, were found to be above the EPA action level of 15 parts per billion.

Dozens of water sources shut off as lead testing concludes

Kameron Schmid May 2, 2017

Testing of all of Sacramento State's drinking water sources for lead contamination is completely finished, and full release of the results will be available in a couple of weeks, according to Steve Leland,...

Sacramento State's drinking water sources are currently being tested for lead contamination by consultant group CIH Services, and results are expected to be announced in May. (Photo by Kameron Schmid)

Lead testing results put on hold

Kameron Schmid April 19, 2017

Results of the comprehensive testing of Sacramento State’s drinking water sources for lead contamination will come in May, not April, because of multiple factors, said an official involved in the testing...

Fountains in Douglass Hall are shut off on Tuesday, March 28. Drinking water sources across campus are being periodically shut off while workers test them, as an 8-18 hour period of inactivity is needed in order to get a 'first-draw' sample. (Photo by John Ferrannini)

Lead contamination testing wrapping up in April

Kameron Schmid March 30, 2017

The second comprehensive test for lead contamination in Sacramento State’s drinking water sources is underway and should be completed in April, according to school officials. The current round of...

(Photo courtesy of Josh / Flickr)

Lead contamination of campus water goes back further than previously indicated

Kameron Schmid March 2, 2017

(Slide through timeline for more information on the lead problem on campus) The issue of water contaminated with lead coming from Sacramento State’s drinking fountains and faucets goes back...

Jill Parker, the new interim senior director for risk management services and chief risk officer at Sac State, has said that the untested water sources should not be of concern to the campus community since they haven’t been tested, and therefore are not known to contain excess lead. (Photo by Kameron Schmid)

Sac State won’t release locations of untested water after lead discovery

Kameron Schmid February 15, 2017

Sacramento State officials are aware of which water sources on campus remain untested for lead contamination, but are choosing not to tell the campus community out of reluctance to release information...

Water fountains in Placer Hall, as well as six other Sacramento State buildings, are currently shut off after a research project over winter break found excess levels of lead. '90 percent' of water sources were tested, but there is no indication of when the rest will be tested. (Photo by Kameron Schmid)

No timeline set for water source tests

Kameron Schmid February 9, 2017

A consultant has been hired to help Sacramento State address the problem of the 58 drinking water sources currently shut down after excess lead was detected in a series of tests over winter break. Alex...

Excess lead found in several campus water sources

Excess lead found in several campus water sources

Kameron Schmid January 25, 2017

Several water sources on the Sacramento State campus were found to have excess levels of lead, according to a new study, and some water sources still remain untested as the university waits for direction....

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