For the first time in over 70 years, an elementary school in Central California could have consumable water.  Grayson Elementary School in Stanislaus County was built in 1952. The school has never had suitable drinking water. In November 2024, the district noticed corroded pipes after a pipe break inside the school. “Back in the fall, we set out to sort of solve this drinking water problem at Grayson Elementary,” said Dave Smith of the Patterson Joint Unified School District’s administrative services. That plan involved replacing all pipes inside the school that, up until that point, the district believed to be the original pipes.