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A pair of drinking fountains at Sentinel High School in Missoula, Montana, tested for levels of lead that required school officials to either fix the fountains or shut them off. (Katheryn Houghton/KHN)

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Schools struggle with lead in water while awaiting federal relief
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.