Students get bottled water over concerns school’s well is too close to graveyard
Posted September 8, 2017 5:00 am.
Last Updated September 8, 2017 7:21 am.
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Students in Newfoundland are drinking bottled water over concerns that their high school’s well is too close to an adjacent graveyard.
They attend Mobile Central High School, about a 40-minute drive south of St. John’s.
Bottled water was first brought in last June after some parents raised concerns that the school’s well is closer than the 75-metre buffer required for grave sites.
Susan Stamp, one of 800 members of a local parents’ group fighting a planned extension of the high school, says a photo taken Wednesday appears to show that tap water relied on for hand washing and showers is a light brown colour.
School board officials were not immediately available to comment.
