Friday, March 25th, 2022

Española: Fluoride Remains High in City Water

City of Española water department workers Kaleb Charlie (back to camera) and Randy Almeda in September 2021 put salt in a vat at the Ranchitos well. The salt lowers the nitrate levels in the water before it’s piped to El Llano to be mixed with that well’s water.  (SUNfoto by Robert Trapp) For years, Española’s […]

Saturday, April 20th, 2019

Española: City Committee Approves Nitrate Filtration System

A panel with oversight authority of the city of Española’s water system has approved a plan to purchase a $113,000 nitrate filtration system to be installed on a city-owned well, with further commitments to buy a second system that would remove fluoride from a second well. Tony Granger, a sales engineer for Albuquerque-based Hennesy Mechanical […]

Wednesday, June 27th, 2018

Fluoridation Resumes in Albuquerque

Supplemental fluoridation of Albuquerque’s drinking water resumed on June 27, 2018. Background information about the decision to resume fluoridation, and the utility’s fluoridation methodology, is included in the update from Sept. 21, 2017, posted below. For facts about the benefits of supplemental fluoridation, please visit the website of the American Dental Association. Fluoridation Update (Posted Sept. 21, […]

Thursday, October 5th, 2017

Albuquerque Reverses Water Supply Fluoridation Policy

After halting the practice six years ago, Albuquerque has decided to once again add fluoride to its water supply. “Water utility board members voted 5-2 to approve a $250,000 appropriation that will allow the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority to buy the equipment needed to resume supplemental drinking-water fluoridation,” the Albuquerque Journal reported. “The […]

Thursday, September 21st, 2017

Albuquerque: Fluoridation Resumes

Thursday, September 21st, 2017

Fluoride OK’d for Albuquerque water supply

Fluoride again will be added to Albuquerque’s water supply. Water utility board members voted 5-2 Wednesday to approve a $250,000 appropriation that will allow the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority to buy the equipment needed to resume supplemental drinking-water fluoridation, which the utility halted in 2011. The decision followed nearly an hour of passionate […]

Wednesday, September 20th, 2017

ALBUQUERQUE: Vote to add fluoride to metro’s drinking water scheduled for today

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The city’s water authority is scheduled to decide if fluoride will be added to drinking water in Albuquerque. Last month the Water Authority’s Governing Board delayed the vote to September 20. Fluoride operations were halted in 2011, but there has been a national push from those who believe it will benefit the […]

Thursday, August 24th, 2017

Albuquerque: Fluoride decision delayed until September

Consumers will have to wait another month to find out whether the water utility will resume supplemental fluoridation of Albuquerque’s drinking water. After hearing passionate appeals from 32 speakers both for and against fluoridation, members of the utility board on Wednesday voted against taking up a funding measure for immediate action, postponing the decision until […]

Thursday, August 24th, 2017

Albuquerque: Vote to add fluoride to metro’s drinking water deferred

A decision on a proposed plan that would once again add more fluoride to drinking water in Albuquerque will have to wait another month. Wednesday night the Water Authority’s Governing Board voted 4-3 to defer a vote until September 20. Fluoride operations were halted in 2011. The issue was brought up again due to many […]

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017

Albuquerque: Fluoride could be added to metro’s drinking water; final vote tonight

Citizens will be able to weigh in on a proposed plan that would once again add more fluoride to drinking water in Albuquerque. Members of the water authority board are expected to make a final vote on a plan to spend more than $200,000 for equipment and facilities to allow the city to resume fluoridation. […]