Months after KSAT learned lead was found in San Antonio ISD water, emails and purchase orders reveal the district purchased water bottle fillers that didn't have lead filters days after learning some schools had high amounts.
– In the first few days of December 2022, San Antonio ISD learned the water in several of its schools tested positive for lead, according to emails obtained by KSAT Investigates.“I think that’s an incredible misuse of funds,” San Antonio ISD parent Emily Doherty said.
“Outlets with results about 15 ppb must not be used for consumption and should be immediately blocked off,” according to the email. A foreman with the district’s facilities services department sent an email on Jan. 19. In the email, the foreman wrote that the project was put on hold due to the weather.Dr. Melissa Hill is SAISD’s assistant director of environmental health and safety.“If you know that you have lead in your pipes, why wouldn’t you buy filters that filter lead?” Doherty said. “Our children deserve better.”
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