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Berkeley High School Families and Staff,<span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Our
local community water provider, East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) is
conducting testing at all pre-kindergarten to 12th grade school sites. This is
because a new California State law (Assembly Bill 746) requires California
public schools to check for lead in drinking water, which may be caused by
corrosion of plumbing materials.<span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In
December 2017, Berkeley Unified School District engaged EBMUD to sample the
water in our schools. Recent lab results received from the sampling of water
from the five fixtures tested at Berkeley High School did not find any water
samples to be above the regulatory “reporting and action level” of 15 parts per
billion. <span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Following
the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, we have adopted a
higher standard than the 15 ppb level required by state regulations. The BUSD
Guidelines for Drinking Water include removal of any fixture that tests at 1
part per billion (1 ppb) or above and to keep it out of service until the
source is identified and remedied, and then retested. Lab results from the
December samplings indicate that two of the fixtures tested at Berkeley High
School came back with a result of 6.2 and 2.3 ppb. These fixtures were taken
out of service and the source of corrosion is being investigated. Once
identified, the source of lead will be remedied and re-tested before being
returned to service. Based on our findings, we will develop a plan for testing
the water from additional fixtures as appropriate.<span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">To
ensure that you have access to useful and timely information about our water
testing efforts, we have set up a web page with information on our water
quality testing along with results of the testing from each school:<span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <a href="http://www.berkeleyschools.net/waterquality">www.berkeleyschools.net/waterquality</a> <span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Access
to healthy tap water is essential for staff, students and families. EBMUD has a
rigorous corrosion prevention system to ensure that drinking water meets and
surpasses all state and federal drinking water requirements and we will
continue to work closely with them. Additional information from EBMUD on this
testing effort and resources related to other sources of lead poisoning is
included with this message. <span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We
are in communication with Principal Erin Schweng and will keep the community
informed by making updates to the district’s webpage on water quality as new
information becomes available. Meanwhile, if you have questions or concerns,
please contact your school principal, or email me at
<a href="mailto:superintendent@berkeley.net">superintendent@berkeley.net</a> or call my office at 644-6206.<span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Sincerely,<span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Donald
Evans, Ed.D.<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Superintendent<span></span></span></p>
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