YORKTOWN/SOMERS, NY — Upgrades to water treatment facilities will mean more homes, schools and businesses in Westchester will again be getting fluoridated tap water.
Northern Westchester Joint Water Works (NWJWW) will begin fluoridating the Yorktown and Somers water supply on July 30, according to officials.
The facilities’ fluoride feed systems (Amawalk and Catskill Treatment Plants) have recently been upgraded to meet more stringent health and safety requirements, water works officials said. Both treatment facilities, Catskill via remote feed station, now have the ability to properly fluoridate the water supply, using 20-23 percent hydrofluorosilicic acid, at a target dosage of 0.7mg/l.
During times in which the Amawalk Treatment Facility must supply water to all residents of NWJWW (Town of Cortlandt, Montrose, Somers, and Yorktown) the fluoridation process must be discontinued. This would only occur during times in which the Catskill Treatment Plant must be taken offline, because all communities do not receive fluoridated water.
Original article online at: https://patch.com/new-york/yorktown-somers/fluoridating-yorktown-somers-water-will-begin-month