Fluoride to stay in Highlands’ water: Mayor

THE Central Highlands council will keep fluoridation in town water supplies, despite the LNP State Government making it optional for local government.

Mayor Peter Maguire said the council complied with a previous State Government directive to have fluoridation in place at Emerald, Blackwater, Tieri and the Gemfields by December 1, 2011, at a cost in excess of $1 million.

“We haven’t had one person complain about the fluoridation of water in our shire, I do believe,” Cr Maguire said.