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45:29 of itself, especially when kids use them and don't ever wash them. But the actual water sources in the schools, I don't even know anymore if they have water fountains available. But do we sample that water and make sure that it's safe for the kids to be drinking? >> Yeah, the Department of Health does regular lead sampling as a part of that. Most schools in the county are connected to some kind of municipal public water which, of course, has all of its own water. There's a couple of schools sort of in the farther flung parts of the county that are served by their own wells. But those are managed as large public water systems which are also subject to all the same state standards. >> Okay. What about like PFAS? >> I'm not aware of testing in schools for PFAS at the moment. >> I'm not either. >> Sure. Just to follow up on those good questions, do we still have lead

46:29 testing? I know there's a huge federal grant to replace lead pipes throughout the nation, especially in the Midwest. Just wondering if -- what the status of that is for our districts. >> Yeah, I mean, like I said, the state does regular lead testing. And some, you know, there are instances where exceedances are found. Usually that triggers a conversation with the school for some kind of mitigation plan. Being what it is, that sometimes means that fixture is just shut off as opposed to, you know, redoing all of the plumbing. >> Okay. So there are lead pipes still in our schools or you don't know? >> I believe Brian -- there are, aren't there?

47:22 >> Okay. >> Okay, can you hear me? Hi. So all of the schools statewide have been mandated by the Department of Health to test, either in partnership with Department of Health or via their own independent contractor to test all of their water fixtures by 2026. And based on the result or potential concentration of lead per fixture, the school is expected to formulate an action plan on how they're going to maintain or diminish that potential lead level based on each independent fixture. So the fixture itself can have components, brass. The plumbing code has been updated, 1986 was one

48:21 significant year where they started to regulate the concentration of lead in various drinking water fixtures, whether that's solder, brass fittings, et cetera. 2016 was a more recent update of that. So any schools that were built or in existence prior to 2016 are required to do this testing. We're still in this initial, excuse me, round of testing all the fixtures in schools for lead in drinking water. And as far as PFAS goes, those are generally, that is dependent not on the fixtures, but the source water itself. And 99.9% of our schools, I believe in Clark County, are servicing public drinking water through their fixtures, so whether it's coming from the river, et cetera. >> Thank you. Would we be the entity to facilitate the federal grants if

49:21 there is lead pipe replacement needs? >> We are working in collaboration with the Department of Health and the schools to make sure the schools have what they need to make whatever corrective action that is expected of them. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I think when that, whatever the results of the testing that is occurring this year are available, that would be great to bring back to the Board of Health to review that and understand what action plans are going to be implemented. And I would just note, you know, it would be great if every school got an equal amount of funding, but there are equity issues for sure within the schools, and some may have more struggles to meet some of the needs that they have, and maybe there are the older schools as well. So it would be good to have a report back. >> Yeah. And you can see Department of Health on their website

50:20 currently today since they are the ones who are issuing the mandate to the schools. So they have the two options.