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From YouTube: CCSD Insights, News & Notes | Water Testing
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In this edition of CCSD Insights, News & Notes, our Associate of Facilities Management Ron Kramps explains why the district is voluntarily testing water for lead in our schools.
A
Hello:
everyone,
I'm
Andy,
Pruitt,
Director
of
Communications
and
Technology,
with
Charleston
County,
School,
District
and
you're,
watching
this
installment
of
CCSD
insights,
news
and
notes.
In
this
edition.
We
are
talking
about
a
new
initiative
from
the
district
from
the
Office
of
facilities
management.
Our
district
is
testing
our
schools
drinking
water
for
lead.
That's
a
very
important
component
to
our
overall
mission
of
providing
a
safe
and
secure
learning
environment
for
all
of
our
students
and
staff,
and
here
to
talk
more
about
this
program
is
our
associate
of
facilities,
management,
Ron,
crumbs
Ron.
A
Thank
you
for
taking
time
to
speak
about
this.
Thank
you
for
the
effort
that
you
and
your
team
are
putting
in
to
to
execute
this
program
and,
first
of
all,
I
just
want
to
start
off
by
asking
you.
Why
is
it
important
for
our
district
to
do
this
when
there
are
no
laws
at
the
federal
or
state
level
requiring
school
districts?
To
do
this.
B
The
purpose
of
my
department
is
providing
safe,
healthy,
comfortable,
Pleasant
facilities
that
work
all
the
time
and
enhance
learning,
and
we
take
that
mission
very
very
seriously,
so
I
want
to
provide
a
safe
environment
and
a
big
part
of
that
safe
environment
is
safe,
drinking
water,
good
quality,
drinking
water,
so
I
want
to
provide
water,
that's
at
least
as
safe
as
the
the
public
utility
delivers
to
us.
You
may
know
that
most
of
our
schools
are
connected
to
a
public
utility.
B
We
have
no
concern
for
the
quality
of
the
water
that
we're
receiving
from
the
public
utility,
but
because
of
the
use
of
a
school,
it
has
a
cyclical
pattern.
Kids
are
there
during
the
day
they
leave
at
night,
water
can
sit
in
the
pipes
in
the
plumbing
fixtures
over
a
period
of
time
and
pick
up
some
contaminants.
Perhaps
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
our
water
is
as
good
as
quality,
as
can
be.
It's
not
required,
as
you
mentioned,
to
test
for
lead
in
our
drinking
more
water,
there's
no
law,
federal
or
state
law.
B
That
requires
us
to
test
our
drinking
water,
but
we
have
some
older
facilities
with
older
plumbing
fixtures,
things
that
were
installed
when
the
schools
were
originally
constructed,
and
so
we
just
want
to
go
in
and
make
sure
that
the
water
quality
is
is
good
water
quality.
That's
why
we're
testing?
We
just
have
come
to
the
conviction.
That's
the
right
thing
to
do
whether
or
not
it's
required
Barney
law
or
regulation.
It's
just
something
that
we're
going
to
do.
Who.
A
B
That's
right
so
I
took
over
the
environmental
program
for
the
district
a
couple
of
years
ago
and
I
made
contact
with
our
water
Public
Utilities,
Mount,
Pleasant
water
in
Charleston
water
system,
and
we
started
talking
about
our
water
quality
and
how
I
could
ensure
good
water
quality
in
schools
and
as
I
interacted
with
them.
They
brought
up
some
ideas
about
flushing
programs
and
they
brought
up
some
ideas
about
doing
some
sampling
and
so
Mount
Pleasant
water.
B
B
What
you
want
to
do
is
you
want
to
sample
the
first
draw
the
first
water
that
comes
out
of
that
tap
after
it
perhaps
is
sat
in
a
fixture
for
a
period
of
time
at
least
eight
hours
as
much
as
several
days,
so
we're
using
a
250
milliliter
sample.
That's
about
eight
and
a
half
ounces
about
the
size
of
a
tea
cup,
and
it's
that
first
draw
that
first
flush.
It's
also
about
the
size.
What
someone
would
drink
you
know
basically,
and
so
that's
the
kind
of
sample
that
we're
taking
a
first
draw
sample.
So.
A
B
B
Is
it
the
fixture
we're
going
to
take
another
sample
of
that
fixture
just
to
make
sure
we
can
repeat
the
results,
make
sure
it
wasn't
an
error,
then
we're
gonna
change
that
fixture
out
we're
just
going
to
replace
it,
because
we
want
to
put
a
new
fixture
there
and
then
we're
gonna
sample
again
and
make
sure
we've
solved
whatever
was
causing
that
issue.
If
it
was
the
fixture,
we
may
also
employ
a
flushing
program.
B
So
if
the
problem
is
water
that
sits
in
a
tap
well,
there's
a
simple
solution:
it's
just
to
flush
the
water
out
of
that.
So
that's
it
that's!
It
could
be
a
big
part
of
the
program
and
then
filtering.
We
have
filters
that
are
certified
to
remove
lead
from
drinking
water,
we're
installing
those
and
we.
C
B
A
B
We
prioritized
which
schools
to
sample
first
and
so
we've
sampled
about
35
schools
and
we're
just
about
done
collecting
all
those
samples,
they're
being
analyzed
and
it'll,
take
another
couple
of
months
to
get
through
the
remainder
of
the
schools.
So
we
have
another
40
or
so
schools
that
we're
gonna
sample
so
we'll
be
sampling,
probably
through
the
holidays,
into
January,
perhaps
into
February
and
there's,
as
I
mentioned
a
little
delay
time.
B
A
B
So
we're
posting
frequently
asked
questions
and
our
results
at
my
facilities
management
webpage.
So
if
you
go
to
see
CSD
facilities,
management
you'll
find
our
webpage
and
there's
a
link
there
that
says
drinking
water
sampling
program.
Click
that
link
a
page
will
open.
That
has
a
couple
of
paragraphs
of
introduction
at
the
bottom
of
that
page.
There
are
two
links.
A
B
Would
say
we
take
the
the
safety,
health
and
well-being
of
our
students
very,
very
seriously,
and-and-and
as
evidence
of
that
we're
doing
a
sampling
program,
that's
not
required
by
any
law,
but
we
just
are
the
conviction.
It's
the
right
thing
to
do
so.
We're
gonna
we're
gonna
find
out
if
we
have
any
issues
with
our
drinking
water
and
we're
gonna
take
care
of
them.
A
Thank
you
very
much
again
for
your
time
on
this
initiative
and,
as
you
heard
mr.
Crump's
say,
go
to
the
district
website.
Ccsd
schools
dot-com
look
for
the
facilities
management
page
once
you
go
there,
you'll
see
links
for
the
testing
results
as
well
as
frequently
asked
questions
for
this
water
testing
initiative.
Thank
you
for
watching
this
edition
of
CCSD
inside.