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The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy a $1.9 Million grant, so schools and child care facilities throughout the state, can test for lead in their drinking water.
EGLE Division Director Eric Oswald said “This award is due to the hard work EGLE’s Drinking Water and Environmental Health Division’s newly formed Lead and Copper Unit have put in finding funding sources and new ways to further protect our most vulnerable populations.”
EGLE has teamed up with Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services, to reach out to schools and child care facilities who have elevated lead levels in their water, and are unable to pay for testing.
They have sent out invitations to the organizations that meet the criteria for the grant.
A link to the state’s school drinking water programs is here.
