Ted Remsnyder is reporting for Columbia-Greene Media that the New Lebanon Central School District is preparing to install a water filtration system to treat the drinking water supply at its junior-senior high school to resolve the problem of elevated levels of PFOS. New Lebanon Superintendent Andrew Kourt announced on January 28 that the PFOS levels in the drinking water supply at the school had been measured at 11 parts per trillion, greater than the state Department of Health limit of 10 ppt. The district then began working with the state and county on a compliance schedule to reduce the levels of the contaminant. “The Columbia County Department of Health very recently approved a filtration system that will be attached to the junior-senior high school water supply,” Kourt wrote. “This project will cost over $100,000 and will have to be purchased by the district using funds from this year’s budget..." Kourt said the project is currently out for bid and school officials are hopeful that it will start in the coming weeks.” District tests now show the school water supply is testing within average levels for PFOS. “Even with these lower levels, the district is still required to install an elaborate filtration system to permanently remedy these fluctuating water levels,” Kourt wrote to district parents. Read the full story at HudsonValley360 [dot] com.