Business Wire·May 26, 2026, 6:30 PM ET

Uvalde CISD and Zurn Elkay Announce Donation for Cleaner, Healthier, Safer Drinking Water

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Zurn Elkay Water Solutions donated $370,000 worth of filtration equipment to Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) to provide cleaner, safer drinking water for 4,000 students, faculty, staff, & community members.
The donation includes 36 Elkay Pro Filtration filtered bottle filling stations, 19 Elkay ezH2O filtered bottle filling stations, 73 filtration conversion kits, & five years of filters per unit.
Installation of the donated units across five UCISD schools is scheduled for this summer, replacing unfiltered fountains with one filtered bottle filling station for every 100 students.
All faucets in UCISD classrooms & cafeterias will be retrofitted with Elkay filtration using the donated conversion kits & filter cartridges.
The donated Elkay filters are certified to NSF/ANSI 42, 53, & 401 standards to reduce lead, microplastics, & other harmful contaminants, including emerging contaminants like certain PFAS.
The initiative is part of Zurn Elkay's Fountains for Youth program, which targets school districts in areas with high lead levels & limited resources.
A formal announcement event was held at Dalton Elementary School attended by UCISD Interim Superintendent Dr. Juan Hinojosa, Zurn Elkay VP Angela Hersil, Texas State Rep. Don McLaughlin, & Uvalde Mayor Hector R. Luevano.
UCISD serves approximately 4,000 students across seven campuses located in Uvalde, Real, & Zavala counties.
Elkay bottle filling stations offer an immediate, cost-effective alternative to expensive infrastructure upgrades while significantly reducing single-use plastic waste.