A widely circulated Associate Press report stating that nearly every Bellevue school has lead in its water was based on old and inaccurate data, according to the city and the school district.

“There isn’t anything wrong with our water,” Bellevue School District spokesperson Elizabeth Sytman told the Reporter on Monday. “Keeping in mind, the water quality in Bellevue is fine, and with all of our new schools, the chances of having any lead in the pipes or sod is pretty minimal. That’s one of the advantages of having new buildings.”

The article originally published on May 13 reported that drinking water tests this month had found unsafe levels of lead in the water from at least one fixture or fountain in almost every building in the district.

Thirteen of the district’s 16 elementary schools had at least one fixture that tested positive for lead above 15 parts per billion, the press reported, and all the district’s middle schools and high schools had at least one drinking water fixture that tested above the EPA level.

This was, according to to the Associated Press, in spite of the fact that nearly every school in the wealthy community has been replaced or renovated over the past decade.

However, the district and city quickly revealed that the report was based on old test data that was erroneously released.

Bellevue’s utilities department assured residents that the city’s water was been and continues to be safe.

“Bellevue Utilities would like its residents to know the following about their water: Bellevue’s water comes from protected mountain watersheds that are free from human activity. Bellevue meets all government requirements for testing of lead in water. During our last testing, Utilities had only one result that exceeded allowed limits. The cause of this was corrosion of the internal household plumbing system, not the source water or public system operated by Bellevue Utilities. In this case, the utility worked with the homeowner on solutions [and that] Bellevue Utilities conducts routine water sampling and results tracking to ensure safety and quality,” Utilities spokesperson Michael May said in a press release.