In 2016, VSB worked with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) to
conduct water quality tests. VSB has completed testing of 254 water
outlets at 87 of its 110 schools. Samples were taken at schools built
before 1990, when the use of lead solder in pipes was restricted in the
BC plumbing code.
With the 2016 testing, first samples showed 94
per cent of results came in well within acceptable levels of lead for
safe drinking water. At 12 drinking fountains, where initial samples
tested at or above the acceptable level, retests after water was run
until cold showed all samples tested within acceptable levels for safe drinking water.
VSB protocols require building engineers to flush drinking fountains
every day.
Certified lab data of all VSB’s results of water tests 2016
All
first samples were taken from either drinking fountains (DF), water
bottle filling stations (FS), staffroom or kitchen sinks (SINK), or
'bubbler' (BU - drinking fountain accessory attached to a sink tap)
within 5 seconds of initiating flow. Each sample was collected in 250 ml
plastic bottles, temperature controlled and delivered on the day
collected to an independent lab, ALS Laboratory Group in Burnaby.
All
retesting samples were collected in three stages. Sample 1 was taken
within five seconds of turning on the water. Sample 2 is after one
minute of flow and Sample 3 is after two minutes of flow.
The
certified results are reported in micro-grams per liter (mg/L). The
current Canadian guideline for lead in drinking water is a maximum
acceptable concentration of 0.010 mg/L (10 parts per billion) in
drinking water. Where results were above 0.01 mg/L lead result and then
retested, after flushing, results were below 0.01 mg/L.
Admiral Seymour Elementary
Bayview Elementary
Britannia Secondary
Captain James Cook Elementary
Carnarvon Elementary
Champlain Heights Annex
Champlain Heights Elementary
Charles Dickens Annex
David Livingstone Elementary
David Lloyd George Elementary
David Oppenheimer Elementary
David Thompson Secondary
Dr. A.R. Lord Elementary
Dr. Annie B. Jamieson Elementary
Dr. George M. Weir Elementary
Dr. H.N. MacCorkindale Elementary
Dr. R.E. McKechnie Elementary
Edith Cavell Elementary
Emily Carr Elementary
Eric Hamber Secondary
False Creek Elementary
Florence Nightingale Elementary
Garibaldi Annex
General Brock Elementary
General Wolfe Elementary
George T. Cunningham Elementary
Gladstone Secondary
Graham D Bruce Elementary
Grandview Elementary
Henry Hudson Elementary
John Henderson Elementary
John Norquay Elementary
John Oliver Secondary
Kerrisdale Annex
Killarney Secondary
King George Secondary
Kitsilano Secondary
Laura Secord Elementary
Lord Beaconsfield Elementary
Lord Nelson Elementary
Lord Roberts Elementary
Lord Selkirk Elementary
Lord Strathcona Elementary
Lord Tennyson Elementary
Maple Grove Elementary
McBride Annex
Mount Pleasant Elementary
Nootka Elementary
Point Grey Secondary
Prince of Wales Secondary
Queen Elizabeth Annex
Queen Victoria Annex
Quilchena Elementary
Roberts Annex
Selkirk Annex
Shaughnessy Elementary
Simon Fraser Elementary
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Elementary
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith Elementary
Sir Charles Tupper Secondary
Sir Guy Carleton Elementary
Sir James Douglas Annex
Sir John Franklin Elementary
Sir Matthew Begbie Elementary
Sir Richard McBride Elementary
Sir Sandford Fleming Elementary
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Annex
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Elementary
Sir William MacDonald Elementary
Sir William Osler Elementary
Sir William Van Horne Elementary
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary
Southlands Elementary
Tecumseh Annex
Templeton Secondary
Thunderbird Elementary
Tillicum Annex
Total Education Program
Tyee Elementary
University Hill Elementary
Vancouver Technical Secondary
Waverley Elementary
Windermere Secondary