Chris Cornelius, head custodian of Philipsburg Public Schools in Montana, checks a faucet filter in a home economics classroom. Despite a new faucet and inlet pipes, this sink is one of several in the district that continue to show lead levels beyond the state’s threshold. (Katheryn Houghton/KHN)
March 8, 2023
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March 9, 2023 midnight
Schools struggle with lead in water while awaiting federal relief
PHILIPSBURG — On a recent day in this 19th-century mining town turned tourist hot spot, students made their way into the Granite High School lobby and past a new filtered water bottle fill station.