# 35 Ill. Adm. Code 611.362: Section 611.362 Monitoring for Lead in Schools and Child Care Facilities

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## Section

- **Citation:** 35 Ill. Adm. Code 611.362
- **Heading:** Section 611.362 Monitoring for Lead in Schools and Child Care Facilities
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 35 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION / CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD / Part 611 PRIMARY DRINKING WATER STANDARDS / Section 611.362 Monitoring for Lead in Schools and Child Care Facilities

## Text

Section 611.362
Monitoring for Lead in Schools and Child Care Facilities
A CWS supplier must conduct directed
public education and lead monitoring
at those schools
and child care facilities it serves that were constructed prior to January 1,
2014
.  A supplier must
s
ample
for lead
at elementary schools and child care facilities it serves once
and afterwards on request of the school or facility
.
The supplier
must also sample for lead at secondary
schools it serves on request.  T
his Section does not
apply
to a school or child care facility
that is a regulated
PWS.  T
his subsection (a)
applies until
the
supplier samples all
the elementary schools and child care facilities it serves once
under subsection (c)
.
A
fter sampling all elementary schools and child care
facilities, the supplier must
comply with
subsection (g)
.
a)
Public Education to Schools and Child Care
Facilities
1)         B
efore the compliance date Section 611.350(a)(3) specifies
,
a
supplier must compile
a list of schools and child care
facilities the
supplier serves
.
2)         A
supplier must contact elementary schools and child care
facilities
the supplier listed under subsection (a)(1)
:
A)        T
he supplier must annually or more frequently provide
information about health risks from lead in drinking water
that complies with Section 611.355(a)
;
B)        N
otice that the supplier must sample
for lead at
elementary schools and child care facilities, including certain information:
i)          A proposed schedule for
sampling at the facility;
ii)         Information
about sampling for lead in schools and child care facilities; and
BOARD NOTE:  USEPA has guidance
available from USEPA, National Center for Environmental Publications:  "3Ts
for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care Facilities:  A
Training, Testing, and Taking Action Approach, Revised Manual" (October
2018), USEPA, Office of Water, doc. no. EPA 815-B-18-007 (search:  "815B18007")
and "U.S
or lead in schools and child care facilities; and
BOARD NOTE:  USEPA has guidance
available from USEPA, National Center for Environmental Publications:  "3Ts
for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care Facilities:  A
Training, Testing, and Taking Action Approach, Revised Manual" (October
2018), USEPA, Office of Water, doc. no. EPA 815-B-18-007 (search:  "815B18007")
and "U.S. EPA 3Ts Program Training, Testing & Taking Action:  Lead
Sample Collection Field Guide for Schools and Child Care Facilities" (July
2022), USEPA, Office of Water, doc. no. EPA 815-F-22-009 (search:  "815F22009")
or subsequent EPA guidance.
iii)        Instructions
for identifying
sampling
outlets
and preparing for a sampling event 30 days prior to the event.
3)         The
supplier
must document under Section 611.360(i)
if
an elementary school or child care facility
fails to
respond
or otherwise declines to
participate in
monitoring or education under this Section
.
U
nder this Section
, a school or child care facility
fails to respond after the supplier makes at least two separate good faith
attempts to contact the facility to schedule sampling
and
receives no response
.
4)         The
supplier must
annually or more frequently contact all
secondary schools it listed under subsection (a)(1)
to provide information
on health risks from lead in drinking water and how to request lead sampling
under subsection (g)(1)
.
b)
Lead Sampling in Schools and Child Care
Facilities
1)         T
he supplier must collect five samples per school and two samples
per child care facility at outlets typically used for consumption
.  E
xcept as subsections (b)(1)(A)
through (b)(1)(D)
provide otherwise, the outlets
must
not have
a POU device
.  T
he
supplier
must sample at
specific locations
:
A)        For
schools:
two drinking water fountains
, one kitchen
faucet
persons use for preparing food or drink
, one
classroom faucet or other outlet persons use for drinking, and one nurse’s
office faucet, as available
mption
.  E
xcept as subsections (b)(1)(A)
through (b)(1)(D)
provide otherwise, the outlets
must
not have
a POU device
.  T
he
supplier
must sample at
specific locations
:
A)        For
schools:
two drinking water fountains
, one kitchen
faucet
persons use for preparing food or drink
, one
classroom faucet or other outlet persons use for drinking, and one nurse’s
office faucet, as available.
B)        For child
care facilities:  one drinking water fountain and one of either a kitchen
faucet persons use for preparing food or drink
or one
classroom faucet or other outlet persons use for drinking.
C)        If any
school or facility has fewer than the required number of outlets, the supplier
must sample all outlets persons use for consumption.
D)        The
supplier may sample at
outlets having POU devices
if
the school or facility
has POU devices installed
on all outlets persons typically use for consumption.
E)        If any
school or facility does not contain the type of faucet listed above, the
supplier must collect a sample from
another outlet the
school or facility identifies as one persons typically use for consumption
.
F)         The
supplier must
collect all samples from cold water taps
fulfilling specific additional requirements
:
i)
A
ll samples for lead
must be
first-draw samples;
ii)         All samples must be 250 ml
in volume;
iii)        T
he water must remain stationary
in
the sampling site’s (building’s) plumbing system
for
at least eight but no more than 18 hours before
sampling; and
iv)        T
he supplier must acidify s
amples
and analyze them using the analytical methods
in Section 611.359.
2)
A
ppropriately trained
personnel of the water system, school, or child care facility or another
appropriately trained person
may collect samples
under
subsection (b)(1)
sampling site’s (building’s) plumbing system
for
at least eight but no more than 18 hours before
sampling; and
iv)        T
he supplier must acidify s
amples
and analyze them using the analytical methods
in Section 611.359.
2)
A
ppropriately trained
personnel of the water system, school, or child care facility or another
appropriately trained person
may collect samples
under
subsection (b)(1)
.
c)
Sampling
F
requency at Elementary Schools and Child Care
Facilities
1)
A
nnually,
or on an alternative
Agency-approved schedule
, the supplier must collect samples
from no fewer than 20 percent
of elementary schools and 20 percent of child care facilities the supplier
serves
,
until the supplier samples all schools and
child care facilities it listed under subsection (a)(1) that did not
decline to participate.
Under
this Section
, a supplier may
count an elementary
school or child care facility failing to respond or otherwise declining to
participate as part of its annual 20 percent
minimum.
2)
A
supplier must
sample all elementary schools and child care facilities it serves
at least
once in the five years following the
compliance date
under Section 611.350(a)
(1)(A).
3)         A
fter a supplier completes
one required cycle of
sampling in
all elementary schools and child care
facilities it serves
,
the
supplier must sample
at the request of any elementary school or child care facility under subsection
e all elementary schools and child care facilities it serves
at least
once in the five years following the
compliance date
under Section 611.350(a)
(1)(A).
3)         A
fter a supplier completes
one required cycle of
sampling in
all elementary schools and child care
facilities it serves
,
the
supplier must sample
at the request of any elementary school or child care facility under subsection
(g).
4)         A
supplier must sample at the request of a secondary school
under subsection (g)
.  If a supplier receives requests
from more than 20 percent of secondary schools
it
listed under subsection (a)(1)
in any of the five years following the
compliance date under 40 CFR Section 141.80(a)(3), the supplier may schedule
the requests exceeding 20 percent for the following year,
and the supplier needs not
sample an individual
secondary school more than once
during the five-year
s.
d)
Alternative
School and Child Care Lead Sampling Programs
1)           I
f a CWS supplier conducts mandatory sampling for lead in
drinking water
for schools and child care
facilities
the supplier serves
under another State or local
law or program
,
the Agency may issue a SEP
exempting the supplier from duplicative requirements under this Section
:
A)        If the
sampling
under that State or local law or program
is consistent with subsections (b) and (c);
B)        If the
sampling under that State or local law or program is consistent with
subsections
ld care
facilities
the supplier serves
under another State or local
law or program
,
the Agency may issue a SEP
exempting the supplier from duplicative requirements under this Section
:
A)        If the
sampling
under that State or local law or program
is consistent with subsections (b) and (c);
B)        If the
sampling under that State or local law or program is consistent with
subsections
(b)(1)(A) through (b)(1)(F) and (c)
and
the sampling is coupled with certain remediation
actions
:
i)          D
isconnecting
affected fixtures
;
ii)         Replacing
affected fixtures with
fixtures certified lead-free as
Section 611.126(j) requires
; or
iii)        Installing
POU devices;
C)        If the
sampling under that State or local law or program occurs in schools and child
care
facilities the
supplier serves
less frequently than once every five years, and the
sampling is coupled with any
of the remediation
actions in subsection (d)(1)(B)
; or
D)        If the
sampling is conducted under
a voluntary school and
child
care program lead testing grant awarded
under
section 1464(d) of SDWA
(42 U.S.C. 300j-24(d))
, consistent with the
requirements of the grant.
2)         T
he term of the waiver may not exceed the duration of the
mandatory or voluntary sampling
,
and the waiver
must automatically expire
at the end of any 12-month period during which
sampling does not
occur at
the required number of schools or child care facilities.
3)         T
he Agency may issue a SEP granting the supplier a partial
waiver
if the sampling covers only a subset of the schools or child care
facilities the supplier serves as it listed under
subsection (a)(1)
.
4)         The
Agency may issue a SEP granting a waiver applicable to more than one supplier
(e.g., one waiver for all suppliers subject to a statewide
sampling program complying with subsection (d)
).
e)
Confirming or Revising Schools and Child Care
Facilities in Inventory
covers only a subset of the schools or child care
facilities the supplier serves as it listed under
subsection (a)(1)
.
4)         The
Agency may issue a SEP granting a waiver applicable to more than one supplier
(e.g., one waiver for all suppliers subject to a statewide
sampling program complying with subsection (d)
).
e)
Confirming or Revising Schools and Child Care
Facilities in Inventory
.  A
t least once every five years, a supplier
must either
confirm that
the list it
assembled under subsection (a)(1) of schools and child care facilities it serves
has not changed
or submit a revised list.
f)         Notice of results.
1)         A
supplier must provide analytical results
to the school
or child care facility
as soon as practicable but no later than 30 days
after receiving them
with information about
remediation options.
2)         A water
system must
annually provide analytical results
:
A)        To the local and State
health departments; and
B)        To the
Agency
under Section 611.360(i)
.
g)
Lead
Sampling in Schools and Child Care Facilities on Request
1)         A
supplier must contact schools and child care facilities
the
supplier identified under subsection (a)(1)
at
least annually
to provide:
A)        Information about health
risks from lead in drinking water;
B)        Information
about how to request sampling for lead at the facility; and
C)        Information
about sampling for lead in schools and child care facilities.
BOARD NOTE:  USEPA has guidance
available from USEPA, National Center for Environmental Publications:  "3Ts
for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care Facilities:  A
Training, Testing, and Taking Action Approach, Revised Manual" (October
2018), USEPA, Office of Water, doc. no. EPA 815-B-18-007 (search:  "815B18007")
and "U.S. EPA 3Ts Program Training, Testing & Taking Action:  Lead
Sample Collection Field Guide for Schools and Child Care Facilities" (July
2022), USEPA, Office of Water, doc. no
ead in Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care Facilities:  A
Training, Testing, and Taking Action Approach, Revised Manual" (October
2018), USEPA, Office of Water, doc. no. EPA 815-B-18-007 (search:  "815B18007")
and "U.S. EPA 3Ts Program Training, Testing & Taking Action:  Lead
Sample Collection Field Guide for Schools and Child Care Facilities" (July
2022), USEPA, Office of Water, doc. no. EPA 815-F-22-009 (search:  "815F22009")
or subsequent EPA guidance.
2)         A
supplier must conduct sampling
under subsection (b)
when the school or facility
requests,
and the supplier must provide information to
the facility
:
A)        Instructions
for identifying outlets for sampling and preparing
for sampling at least 30 days
before it occurs; and
B)        Results
as subsection (f)
requires.
3)         If a
supplier receives requests from more than 20 percent of the schools and child
care facilities the supplier listed under subsection (a)(1) in a given year,
the supplier may schedule sampling for
those
exceeding 20 percent
for the following year.  A
supplier needs not sample
an individual school or child care facility more than once every five years.
4)
The Agency may issue
a SEP exempting a CWS supplier from this Section by issuing a written waiver
under
subsection (d) i
f the supplier conducts
voluntary
sampling for lead in drinking water
complying with this
Section
at schools and
child care facilities
the supplier serves.

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