By KEN RITTER
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) - An Associated Press analysis of federal Environmental Protection Agency data suggests lead contamination of drinking water is less prevalent in Nevada than other parts of the U.S.
Nationwide, nearly 1,400 water systems serving 3.7 million Americans have exceeded the lead standard at least once between Jan. 1, 2013, and Sept. 30, 2015.
In the Silver State, the report identified eight water systems exceeding federal safety standards for lead during the past three years, ranging from mines to a Colorado River resort hamlet to an industrial complex in North Las Vegas.
The Nevada Department of Environmental Protection says that today, just three of the 580 public water systems it monitors statewide have lead levels exceeding the EPA standard of 15 parts per billion.
Health officials say that in Goodsprings, where the level was 16 parts per billion, blood tests found no significant lead levels in blood of the 11 students and adults who were tested.
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