School Water to Be Filtered for Nitrates
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The Rio Elementary School District will spend about $11,000 to install a water filtration system to reduce dangerous nitrate levels in water at two of its schools before instruction begins Sept. 4, officials decided Wednesday.
El Rio and Rio Real elementary schools get all their water from two wells that measured over the state standard for nitrate contamination, Supt. Peter D. Rogalsky said. Dangerous nitrate levels have been linked to a condition that causes death in infants.
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