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School Drinking Water Quality Data

The Department in conjunction with the Department of Education and all school districts in the province undertook a pilot program to sample and test the drinking water for chemicals at about 70 schools in the province that have their own water supply. The data collected by this program was used to ensure compliance with the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality opens new window and to provide guidance concerning proper well construction practices.

The data below represents contaminant exceedances reported from this program.

School Location Parameter Value
(mg/L) 		MAC
(mg/L) 		Date
Reported
Holy Family Elementary Chapel Arm Fluoride 1.6 1.5 June 2001
St. George's School English Harbour East Fluoride 2.06 1.5 June 2001
St. James Elementary Lark Harbour Fluoride
Barium		 2.61
2.71		 1.5
1.0		 June 6, 2002
St. Bernard’s Primary Witless Bay Fluoride 1.68 1.5 June 14, 2002
St. Bernard’s Primary
(Resample Results)		 Witless Bay Fluoride 1.19 1.5 July 8, 2002
St. Gabriel’s All Grade St. Brendan’s Arsenic 0.335 0.025* June 25, 2002
St. Gabriel’s All Grade
(Resample Results)		 St. Brendan’s Arsenic 0.368 0.025* July 11, 2002
Fogo Central Academy Fogo Island Fluoride
Uranium		 1.88
0.051		 1.5
0.02*		 July 3, 2002
Fogo Central Academy
(Resample Results)		 Fogo Island Fluoride 1.69 1.5 July 26, 2002
Riverwood Academy Wing’s Point Arsenic 0.048 0.025* July 3, 2002
Riverwood Academy
(Resample Results)		 Wing’s Point Arsenic 0.055 0.025* July 26, 2002
St. Patrick's Elementary Bay Bulls Lead 0.073 0.010 July 9, 2002
St. Patrick's Elementary
(Resample Results)		 Bay Bulls Lead 0.006 0.010 Aug 6, 2002
Victoria All Grade Gaultois Uranium 0.078 0.02* July 16, 2002
Victoria All Grade
(Resample Results)		 Gaultois Uranium 0.110 0.02*  Sept 6, 2002
Basque Memorial Red Bay Lead 0.011 0.010 July 24, 2002
Bishop White Elementary Port Rexton Fluoride 2.18 1.5 March 2003
Bishop White Elementary
(Resample Results)		 Port Rexton Fluoride 3.23 1.5 March 2003

MAC - maximum acceptable concentration

* IMAC - interim maximum acceptable concentration

 

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