MORAVIA, NY (607NewsNow) – The Moravia Central School District is responding to a Lead Testing and Reporting audit from the state comptroller’s office.

On July 8, Acting Superintendent Concetta Galvan sent a letter to parents and the greater Moravia community clarifying the district’s response to the audit. The results have been posted on the district website, and they will soon share the remediation plan.

Last month, the Comptroller’s Office released its report claiming Moravia failed to comply with state testing and reporting requirements, resulting in nearly 1/3 of its potable water outlets going untested.

The most significant area in need of improvement noted in the audit was our documentation and reporting processes. The error in our reporting and documentation led to the identification of areas that may be of concern primarily because of lack of recorded information. The district will be revising our documentation practice going forward. – Acting Superintendent Concetta Galvan in a letter to the Moravia Central School District Community

The Public Health Law, amended in 2022, revised the monitoring process period from every five years to every three years, and reduced the lead content action level from 15 parts per billion to 5 parts per billion. In State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s report, he said, “District officials were not familiar with the reporting requirements and their roles and responsibilities were not clearly identified.”

Galvan says the district will continue to monitor lead levels going forward, and the next official testing is scheduled to be wrapped up by the end of the year.

Please be assured that our water within the District is safe for all. We will also be revising our testing procedures to include the additional potable outlets that were not previously tested due to our lack of understanding of the requirements. Additional signage designating non-potable/consumable water will be clearly posted as well. We will increase our diligence in all areas and continue to review our process and procedures to better align to the new expectations to assure the safety of our students, staff, and community. – Galvan

You can read the full letter here, and the full 207-page water testing results here.