Maryland county, state bills aim to make school drinking water safer

Montgomery County is considering tougher lead standards for public school drinking water, equivalent to the federal standard for bottled water.

And, a bill advancing in Annapolis would require the same change at all Maryland public schools.

Montgomery County Council member Tom Hucker’s bill, introduced last month, would apply to the county’s public schools.

“Scientists know much more today than they did when the assembly passed the current statewide lead standard of 20 parts per billion back in 2006,” Hucker said Tuesday ahead of a public hearing on the bill.

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