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AUSTIN — Led by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s Senate, Texas lawmakers continue to put local governments and school districts under a microscope. The read out: Many of the Legislature’s most conservative members don’t like what they see. On Monday, a Senate panel heard accusations that city governments abusively have tried to squelch ballot initiatives and […]

BELTON — Fort Hood and several other Bell County communities that receive their water from Bell County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 have not had fluoride in their water for at least two years. During the County Commissioners’ workshop Monday morning, County Judge Jon Burrows asked, “Do we have any idea why they […]

FERRIS – The Cities of Ferris and Avalon had nothing to say about a recent report indicating that in 2014 both had high levels of naturally occurring fluoride in its city’s water.  Michael Connett, an attorney and executive director of the Fluoride Action Network conducted a five-month investigation and found that 17 cities in Texas, […]

Members of the Houston City Council studied two ordinances, approved not changing its fluoridation policy and heard an update on its push to clean up properties during a meeting Monday. The council voted 4-2 to keep its long-standing policy of adding fluoridation to the city’s water supply. Council members David Arthur and Viki Narancich voted […]

If your system exceeded the fluoride secondary constituent level (SCL) of 2.0 mg/L but has not exceeded the maximum contaminant level of 4.0 mg/L, you are required to notify your customers in the CCR per 30 Texas Administrative Code §290.118(g) and §290.122(d)(3)(B). You must include ALL the following language in the CCR: This is an […]

An organization aimed at raising awareness about the impact of fluoride exposure recently released a report saying some water systems in West Texas are not doing enough to warn consumers about the dangers of fluoride-contaminated water. But a Texas Tech professor said groups like that are sometimes off base. And, at least one of the […]

An organization aimed at raising awareness about the impact of fluoride exposure recently released a report saying some water systems in West Texas are not properly warning consumers about the dangers of fluoride-contaminated water. But a Texas Tech professor said groups like that are sometimes off base. And, at least one of the cities listed […]

The city of Wolfforth reported that its arsenic levels in its drinking water have lowered. “Our minimum acceptable level of arsenic is (10 parts per billion and) since we have put in the storage tanks, the well collection, everything with the filtration going to our storage tanks and everything else. We got our samples back […]