BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ State health officials say 10 North Dakota public schools have wells for water but one of them fails to meet federal safe drinking water standards.
Larry Thelen is the administrator of the state Health Department's drinking water program. He says Round Prairie elementary school, about 17 miles from Williston, exceeds federal standards for selenium.
School officials say bottled water is delivered to the approximately 70 students at the school and they are looking into connecting with a rural water system.
Thelen says selenium occurs naturally in the soil but at high levels it's been linked to hair loss, numbness in fingers and toes and potential circulation problems. He says schools take regular samples to check for problems.
Nationally, an Associated Press analysis found that roughly one of every five schools with its own water supply violated the federal Safe Drinking Water Act in the past decade.
