When a chemistry professor and a couple students tested campus water stations due to concerns over the water condition last year, Long Beach State found itself shutting off campus water fountains due to small traces of lead that were found. According to the Daily 49er, then Vice President of Administration[Read More…]
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Water in the works at CSULB
After three weeks of bagged hydration stations and taped-off water fountains, the culprit behind the lead contamination in the McIntosh Humanities Building was discovered to be the fountains themselves. Cal State Long Beach officials invited the community in an open forum Friday Dec. 8 to answer any and all questions[Read More…]
Test results for drinking fountains at Cal State Long Beach may be around the corner
As members of Cal State Long Beach continue to quench their thirst with store-bought water bottles, officials finally revealed a solution for the bagged drinking fountains. According to Mary Stephens, vice president of administration and finance, the majority of water testing results conducted by Titan Environmental were completed Dec. 1.[Read More…]
Closed drinking fountains at CSULB continue to raise questions
After multiple rounds of testing since early November, the university has yet to release a clear update on the state of water at Cal State Long Beach. On Nov. 8, the drinking fountains in the McIntosh Humanities building were confirmed to have tested positive for lead. A day before, water[Read More…]
Indoor hydration stations to remain on flow during water testing at CSULB
As Cal State Long Beach continues to test the waters, a campuswide email provided some clarity on the status of drinking fountains on campus. Just a week after the announcement that some drinking fountains in the McIntosh building tested positive for lead, Mary Stephens, vice president of administration in finance,[Read More…]
Testing the waters at Cal State Long Beach
Almost a month after multiple drinking fountains at Cal State Long Beach tested positive for lead by a CHEM 100 class, campus members are still awaiting results from the university as to whether the rest of the fountains are affected. “Testing is ongoing,” said Terri Carbaugh, assistant vice president of[Read More…]
Drinking fountains in the McIntosh building at CSULB tested positive for lead
It was confirmed Wednesday that drinking fountains in the McIntosh Humanities building at Cal State Long Beach tested positive for lead. As a component of the CHEM 100 class, students test the drinking fountains each semester at various locations on campus — only this time, they actually found something. The[Read More…]