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Will Wilson, senior pre-physical therapy major, refills his water bottle from a water fountain in February 2013.

NIU staffer on paid leave after not conducting water quality tests for 2 years

By Kelly Bauer | July 25, 2014

NIU has put a staff member on paid leave while it investigates why two water quality tests were not conducted over a two-year period, violating Environmental Protection Agency standards.The university is supplied water from DeKalb, which uses five area...