Detroit is latest big school district to turn off tap water

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Channel: WTNH News8 · 2018 · News & Politics

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Some 50,000 Detroit public school students will start the school year Tuesday by drinking water from coolers, not fountains, after the discovery of elevated levels of lead or copper — the latest setback in a state already dealing with the consequences of contaminated tap water in Flint and other communities.

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