Indiana to provide free water testing to school districts
(AP) — The Indiana Finance Authority is planning to offer free drinking water tests at all the state's public schools.
The (Northwest Indiana) Times (http://bit.ly/2mkWnVM ) reports that school districts interested in participating in the voluntary program will need to complete a questionnaire that the authority will use to prioritize the extent of sampling needed in each district.
East Chicago Mayor Anthony Copeland said in December that drinking water tests performed by the Environmental Protection Agency found elevated lead levels in 18 homes within an area of East Chicago considered a USS Lead Superfund site, where hundreds of families were displaced this summer.