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Clinical Laboratory Qf San Bernardino, Inc January 23, 2017 Public Water System Client Re: Lead Sampling in School Drinking Water Program The recent announcement from the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has outlined the mandate for public water systems (PWS) to sample and analyze lead samples from K-12 schools within their service area, This program is effective now through November 1, 2019. Below is a brief summary of the major requirements of each PWS. • Each PWS must submit to the SWRCB a list of all school names and addresses that are served through a utility ureter within their service area by July 1, 2017. This list shall be posted, by the PWS, on the SWRCB school lead sampling site; http://drine.ca.gov/lsics/ • The sampling requirement becomes effective once a written request is received by the PWS from a IC -12 school within their service area. Response to this written request must occur within 60 days of request receipt. A Finalized sampling plan and sampling must occur within 90 days of request receipt. • The PWS will sample 5 sites at each school requesting testing. Sampling will occur on Tuesday through Friday, during a day school is in session and has been in session. at least one day before the sampling date. • Samples will be collected as the first draw, after at least 6 hours of non use. Samples will be collected into un -preserved, 1 liter, wide month, plastic, containers filledcompletely fail. Possible sample sites can be faucets, fountains, coolers, bubblers, bottle filling stations, and filtered water sources. The school staff should evaluate all possible sample sites and choose the busiest locations. Only cold water sources should be sampled, and treatedsampling sites (filtered, softened) should not beomitted from evaluation. • Samples should be submilted to a laboratory, and preserved, within 14 days of sampling. • Analytical results must be passed to the school within 2 days of receipt from the laboratory. • Perform additional lead sampling, within 10 days, if any sample site exceeds lire action level of 15 ppb. • The PWS annual CCR should include the number of schools sampled for lead within their service area. Please visit the SWRCB Lead Sampling in Drinking Water of California Schools site for detailed explanation of the above topics; http://drine.ca.gov/lsics. Clinical Laboratory will be offering the drinking water analysis of lead in schools for S 17.50 per sample. AB analyses will include the required containers, detailed analytical report, and electronic data transfer to the State database. Please contact your laboratory Project Manager for additional information or to request containers. Sincerely, l a Bob Glaubig Laboratory Director Clinical Laboratory of San Bernardino, Inc. (909)825-7693 Blau b farm clinic al -lab, com Post Dice Box 329 San Bernardino, C9 92402 (909)825-7693 Fax (909)825-7696 FLAP Number 1088