Note from Fluoride Action Network: • Brita filters are mentioned. They do not remove fluoride from water. • See 2020 Levels of Fluoride in the State’s Drinking Water and Fluoridation Status: 199 Public Water Systems with fluoride levels over 0.71 ppm. Growing up in Isle of Wight County in Virginia’s tidewater region, Kaleigh Beale ’22 […]
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Hardy water gets costlier: 3.7 mg/L fluoride in water
Note from Fluoride Action Network: This is a link to the 2020 fluoride levels in Virginia’s drinking water according to the CCC: http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/va-FluoridationStatusReport-2020.pdf Isle of Wight County’s plan to buy water from Smithfield to supply the planned replacement Hardy Elementary School just got costlier. Last fall, county officials had budgeted roughly $27 million for the […]
Frederick County: New water treatment plant construction to start soon
STEPHENS CITY — Pipeline construction associated with the new Henry F. Sliwinski Water Treatment Plant in Frederick County is expected to begin in January. Frederick Water Executive Director Eric Lawrence made the announcement at Tuesday night’s Frederick Water board meeting. The plant is part of the Opequon Water Supply Plan (OWSP), which aims to meet […]
Henrico set to offer water testing to residents using private wells, springs
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Henrico County Extension service will offer water testing to residents using private water supplies, such as wells and springs, in the area, beginning in September. The Virginia Household Water Quality Program would examine resident’s household water samples for pH, hardness, fluoride and contaminants, such as bacteria and lead. Participants […]
Bedford Regional Water Authority to begin adding fluoride to drinking water
After voting last June to resume fluoridation treatment of drinking water throughout all its systems, the Bedford Regional Water Authority announced this week it will begin a two-phase process beginning Monday. Water fluoridation is the controlled addition of fluoride to a water supply. The BRWA’s Central Water Treatment Plant serves the Town of Bedford, and […]
Regional Water Authorities Add Fluoride to Water Treatment Processes
An aerial view of the SML WTF that supplies water for both Bedford County and Franklin County residents. In early 2019, VDH approached the Authority, asking the board to reverse the decision made in 2017 that stopped fluoridation at the Central Water Treatment Plant, and to begin fluoridation in all Authority water treatment plants. VDH […]
Virginia opens door to pharmacists dispensing fluoride supplements and more without a doctors prescription
Amidst the pandemic headlines, you may have missed that in April, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into law a bill allowing pharmacists to dispense self-administered birth control (like pills and patches), as well as the injection, directly to patients over 18. (The bill also allows pharmacists to furnish opioid antagonists, epinephrine, fluoride supplements and prenatal […]
Water fluoridation to resume in Bedford County
FOREST — A local dentist said she was “all smiles” after learning the Bedford Regional Water Authority will resume adding fluoride to Bedford County’s drinking water. “I couldn’t be happier,” dentist Annie Libbey said Friday. “Fluoridation is one of the 10 greatest public health programs we have and it will be back on track in […]
Bedford County will reintroduce fluoride to water systems
BEDFORD Co., Va. (WSET) — Bedford County will soon introduce fluoride back into their water systems. While the project is still in its early stages, the country hopes residents will see the effects in one to three years. Megan Aubrey of Bedford Water Authority says the fluoridation will restore consistency to the area. “It is […]
Fluoride: Too much of a good thing can be harmful
Residents of Kilmarnock received a message with their water bills last month which caused some alarm, especially among those who have recently moved to the region. Water utility customers in town were informed the municipal drinking water supply has a concentration of fluoride which is higher than the recommended level set by the Environmental Protection […]