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Test for Lead in Drinking Water of Schools and Child Care Facilities - Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)
This
guidance document
is advisory in nature but is binding on an agency until amended by such agency. A guidance document does not include internal procedural documents that only affect the internal operations of the agency and does not impose additional requirements or penalties on regulated parties or include confidential information or rules and regulations made in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. If you believe that this guidance document imposes additional requirements or penalties on regulated parties, you may request a review of the document.
Form #:
WAT337
Guidance Documents
Revised:
9/16/20
Size
File Name
205 KB
Nebraska Lead in DW of Schools and Child Care Facilities QAPP_Final_9.16.20.pdf
1,665 KB
Attachment A - EPA 3 Ts for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care Facilities.pdf
3,636 KB
Attachment B - 2014 Nebraska Public Health Environmental Laboratory (NPHEL) QAPP.pdf
3,940 KB
Attachment B - PHEL QAPP Appendices.pdf
1,172 KB
Attachment B - PHEL SOP 8200.pdf
413 KB
Attachment B - PHEL SOP 8500.1.pdf
2,370 KB
Attachment C - 2018 Public Water System Supervision Program (PWSS) QAPP.pdf
60 KB
Attachment D Org Structure.pdf
140 KB
Attachment E - Local Health Department Contacts.pdf
22 KB
Attachment F Project Timeline.pdf
993 KB
Attachment G - NPHEL SOP _2800.2A EPA Method 200.8.pdf
41 KB
Attachment H Lead sampling project data flow.pdf
880 KB
Attachment I - Lead Sample Instruction and Sample Submission Form.pdf
United States Environmental Protection Agency (
U.S. EPA
) policies require all U.S. EPA supported monitoring projects to develop and implement a Quality Assurance Project Plan (
QAPP
) to describe measures taken within the project tasks to ensure validity and defensibility of all environmental data generated for their use. This document is intended to fulfill that purpose.
The overall objective for this QAPP is to determine the lead concentration at water outlets used for drinking and food preparation within schools and child care facilities so potential corrective action(s) may be identified for those outlets sampled and found to
exceed the U.S. EPA drinking water lead action level of 15 micrograms per liter (
ìg/L
).
To accomplish the objective, pre-schools, elementary schools and child care facilities voluntarily participating in this project are prioritized by most at risk to lead in drinking water.
The lead sampling will consist of the collection of a first draw sample at those outlets according to this QAPP. If the initial sample from an outlet is found to
contain lead at a concentration greater than 15 ìg/L, local health department staff will work with the school or day care facility to identify corrective actions to minimize exposure to lead in drinking water. Activities conducted by this project are in accordance with the U.S. EPA's 3Ts for
Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care Facilities,
which is included as Attachment A to this document.
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