Carbon Filtration Plans Sent To County Health Department for Approval
submitted by Brian Bushner
A test of the water at the Hoosick Falls School District’s bus garage has found PFOA in the water at a concentration above the EPA Provisional Health Advisory level. The bus garage is 1.2 miles from the School District’s main campus. The water at the school does not have PFOA in it. It is tested regularly, and it is clean.
[private]When results were received, the District immediately informed the employees at the bus garage. The water at the bus garage has not been used for drinking or human consumption since 1997. The District has always provided potable water at the bus garage due to other factors, and will continue to provide potable water for its employees.
The District plans to install a carbon filtration system at the bus garage, and has submitted plans for that system to the Rensselaer County Department of Health for approval.
The District is exploring other options for washing the buses. Bus visibility is an important part of the District’s safety plan, and to protect the employees from the water spray while washing, it is investigating alternate locations for cleaning the bus fleet.[/private]