Recent quality tests have cleared a dozen drinking fixtures that had tested positive for elevated levels of lead in 2008, an Auburn School District official said Wednesday morning.

Vicki Alonzo, public information officer for the school district, said none of the drinking sources exceeded Department of Health regulations during a recent test.

At a May 6 news conference, ASD Superintendent Alan Spicciati said he and other district officials chose to review the drinking water at all schools based on recent reports of lead in water nationally and within the state. He said he had learned about the 2008 report on the afternoon of May 2, and the district shut off water to the fixtures in question the next day. The district notified all teachers via email last Friday, Spicciati said, while students received a letter to notify their parents or guardians on that day as well.

Schools from which the district has removed at least one drinking fixture from service per the 2008 tests are: Auburn Riverside and West Auburn high schools; Cascade, Mt. Baker and Olympic middle schools; and Dick Scobee, Gildo Rey, Lake View and Terminal Park elementary schools.

Spicciati, who has been in his role since last July, said the 2008 study, which Now Environmental Services of Federal Way conducted as part of the district’s Capital Facilities Master Plan, identified 20 water fixtures with lead levels greater than 15 parts per billion. He said eight of those fixtures were mitigated, but district officials could not verify at the time that the others were corrected.

The Environmental Protection Agency has established 15 parts per billion as the threshold. Anything greater mandates remediation.

Spicciati said the district shut off water to the fixtures in question on May 3. As of Wednesday morning, Alonzo said the water had not been turned back on.

She also said all drinking water sources within the ASD will be tested beginning Saturday, with an eye toward finishing the testing before the next school year begins.