Pawhuska: DEQ halts fluoride treatments to city water

Pawhuska city water will soon no longer be treated with fluoride, Pawhuska city councilors heard during the regular council meeting held Monday. Pawhuska City Manager Paul McAlexander told the council an official from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality contacted him recently about new water treatment plant mandates. “One of the things that they mandated […]

Acid leak forces residents to leave

Dozens of people in Wynnewood were evacuated Saturday after an acid leak at the Gary-Williams Co. refinery sent potentially dangerous fumes floating through the air north of the plant, Garvin County Undersheriff Steven Brooks said. Residents of about 45 homes were to be kept from their homes overnight, Brooks said. Red Cross officials were helping […]

Nowata’s Council backtracks on Fluoridation Vote

Questions arose concerning the status of fluoride in Bartlesville’s water supply after an initial March 4 decision by the Nowata City Council to discontinue the practice of fluoridation there. The council quickly reversed the decision, telling citizens during a Thursday meeting, “The council apologizes for the hasty decision\ concerning the fluoride issue.” The Nowata matter […]

Hidden Dangers at Hudson Oil

A simple asbestos abatement project at the Hudson Oil Refinery in Cushing, Oklahoma evolved into one of the most interesting, complex and dangerous projects that contractor CET Environmental Services Inc. has ever managed. On August 11, 1998, Englewood, Colorado-based CET was awarded a delivery order under an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the US […]