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To address lead in drinking water head-on, Zurn Elkay’s Fountains for Youth program provides filtered bottle filling stations to school districts in areas where lead levels are high and resources are low. We seek partnerships with districts where we can significantly and dramatically improve students’ access to cleaner, safer drinking water, especially within elementary schools. In 2024, we donated 3,187 products including filling stations and filters to four school systems.
Schools in East Ramapo, New York were featured on ABC News for challenges with lead in drinking water. Zurn Elkay donated 20 filtered bottle filling stations and a year's worth of Elkay WaterSentry filters certified to reduce lead, PFOA/PFOS and microplastics. The donated equipment's point-of-use filtration gave East Ramapo students new access to cleaner, safer drinking water.
In 2024, Zurn Elkay partnered with Distributed Education Clubs of America (DECA) to issue a clean-water challenge for the 2024-2025 school year, asking students to submit a five-minute video on their recommendations for solutions that provide cleaner, healthier drinking water. Zurn Elkay provided cash prizes for first through third place and gives students a chance to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom to specific real-world issues.