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Gillette: High fluoride levels in Fox HIlls wells
City water usage rose to 2.9 million gallons Sunday as the warm weather prompted residents to line up at car washes and spray the winter dirt and grime off their driveways and sidewalks. The demand for extra water almost forced the city to turn on a Fox Hills aquifer well Sunday, which would have increased […]
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Wyo. debate simmers decades after fluoridation
SHERIDAN, Wyo. — A Cold War “red scare” campaign against compulsory medication helped kill off five years of fluoridation in this northern Wyoming city in 1954. The federal government has long since called fluoridation one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. But it was only a few weeks ago that Sheridan’s […]
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Sheridan City Council to move forward with fluoridation of public water
The Sheridan City Council Monday night listened to a room full of people give their opinion on fluoridating the public water system. The debate started with local dentists and physicians offering their support for the idea with an array of statistics showing the benefit of fluoridation. After hearing from the proponents of the idea, the […]
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Sheridan: Fluoridation Discussion Continues at SAWS
There has been some talk lately about fluoridating local public water supplies. This subject is on the table for Wednesday night’s Sheridan Area Water Supply Board meeting. Based on recent polls and public discussions, fluoridation of public water has become a pretty contentious and polarizing issue locally. So why is the SAWS Board bringing it […]
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Gillette: High fluoride levels in water during pipeline repair
One month into the Madison pipeline repairs, the city is on schedule and fluoride levels are staying around an acceptable 2 milligrams per liter. But crews are finding more problems than expected with 30-year-old pipeline. Gillette’s main water supply was shut down Nov. 1 so repairs could be made to the inside of the 40-mile […]
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Sheridan: Council work session focuses on fluoridation of public water
The Sheridan City Council held a work session Monday where they heard a presentation from Kip Duchon with the CDC on the benefits of fluoridation of public water systems. Duchon’s presentation was done via video conference and one of the many concerns that he addressed was fluorosis, which is a condition caused by children receiving […]
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Gillette City will post weekly fluoride levels beginning Oct 22
That water coming out of your faucet starting Nov. 1 will be softer, contain elevated levels of fluoride and will need to be conserved as much as possible. That is the message coming from the city of Gillette, which is preparing residents for the changes that are expected to last six months while the Madison […]
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Gillette: A switch in water is on the way
Blowing out your sprinklers today could make your tap water taste better this winter. The Madison pipeline that provides the City of Gillette with water will be completely shut down Nov. 1 leaving Gillette residents completely dependent on in-town water wells drilled into the Fort Union and Fox Hills water aquifers. It is different water […]
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Gillette region: Water may get a little harder
Water in the region of Gillette could become a little harder but with less fluoride after the Madison Pipeline project is complete. The project is a $217 million effort to stretch a 42-mile-long pipeline that will bring fresh water from the Madison formation well fields north of Moorcroft to Gillette. The pipeline will duplicate the […]
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Torrington: Fluoride proposal stalled indefinitely
It’s been more than a year since the Torrington City Council voted to consider putting a fluoride supplement into the city’s water – an issue that sparked quite a bit of local controversy. The subject has been sitting on the back burner since then, Mayor Leroy Schafer said Thursday, and for a lot of reasons. […]
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