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Frankford lands local oversight with well-drilling ordinance
FRANKFORD – Lacking municipal teeth currently at the state level, the town of Frankford has gone the local route for authority over well-drilling within town limits. Town council at its Aug. 7 meeting approved Ordinance 34 following second reading by council president Joanne Bacon. The local ordinance gives the town authority to approve or deny […]
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Frankford Adds Fluoride to Water
FRANKFORD, Del. – The town of Frankford added fluoride to its water on Tuesday, one of the terms in their loan forgiveness settlement with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, according to the town treasurer. Frankford Treasurer Marty Presley says the town reached a tentative settlement with DNREC earlier this year, after the […]
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Selbyville water report shows no violations, but high numbers
Excerpt: The water’s Ph was slightly alkaline, measuring 8.4 out of a maximum 8.5. Hardness was ranked at 12 parts per million. Sodium measured at 64.2 ppm, and alkalinity was 85.2 ppm. Fluoride averaged 1.2 ppm out of 2.0 ppm. The Annual Drinking Water Quality Report for 2016 is available online at www.selbyville.delaware.gov/water-department and www.DelawareSourceWater.org. […]
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Feasibility, fluoride, forgiveness hot topics in Frankford
FRANKFORD – Feasibility, fluoride and forgiveness are words floating around Frankford these days. A feasibility study to identify the safest implementation of fluoride to the town of Frankford’s water system looms as the lynch pin to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s forgiveness of more than $400,000 in the town’s outstanding loan […]
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Frankford gets $60K water grant in exchange for fluoridation
The Frankford Town Council at a special meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 14, approved a settlement with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control that centers on the Town adding fluoride to its water supply. The council approved the settlement in hopes of moving forward following a lengthy battle with DNREC and with Mountaire […]
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Town of Frankford Accepts Settlement Offer From DNREC
FRANKFORD, Del.- The Frankford Town Council has accepted an offer from the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control that will forgive $450,000 the town borrowed from DNREC for a well upgrade. Frankford Councilman Marty Presley said the town council voted Tuesday night to accept DNREC’s settlement offer. In exchange, the town will conduct a […]
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Loan forgiveness: Frankford council to address DNREC proposal
FRANKFORD – Town of Frankford officials on Valentine’s Day will address a proposal that could end a long-running debate with the state and negotiation stalemate with Mountaire Farms dwelling from a well that substantially tapped the town’s water revenue. Town council on Feb. 14 will discuss and possibly vote on the Delaware Department of Natural […]
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In Delaware, C8 contamination blamed on firefighting foam
Delaware has some of the nation’s highest concentrations of the toxic chemical C8 in its water supplies, in some cases exceeding levels found near Parkersburg, West Virginia. But DuPont isn’t the likely culprit here. Environmental studies and experts, including Delaware’s Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances, Artesian Water and New Castle County officials, almost unanimously say the cause […]
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40 trials a year set in suit against DuPont over poisoned water
A federal judge has set up a battery of class-action trials against DuPont, scheduling 40 a year starting in 2017. It’s part of a court fight over a chemical called PFOA or C8, which 3,500 plaintiffs in the Ohio River Valley say gave them diseases like cancer. They’re among 70,000 people who live near DuPont’s […]
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Milton approves commercial well for local business
Finish Line Car Wash is set to install a new well to supply water for the business. After months of applications and denials, Milton Town Council finally approved carwash owner Jim Parker’s request to install a 4-inch commercial well for his 10-year-old business. Parker argued that he needs the well for his business to secure […]
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