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Carroll-Boone to hear update on fluoride project, with possible vote to award bids
EUREKA SPRINGS — The Carroll-Boone Water District will hear an update on fluoride feed stations and the contract with Delta Dental to fund the construction at its quarterly meeting next week. The board may also vote to award a construction bid out of seven that were submitted by the Nov. 19 deadline. The board held […]
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Carroll-Boone: Bid tabled for fluoride facility because of high cost
EUREKA SPRINGS — Seven bids for constructing fluoride-dispensing facilities at the Carroll-Boone Water District were considered Tuesday at a special board meeting, but the award was tabled until January because costs came in above the grant amount from Delta Dental. President Brad Hammond of McGoodwin, Williams & Yates engineering firm said the seven bids received […]
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Carroll-Boone to hold special meeting on fluoride bids
EUREKA SPRINGS — The Carroll-Boone Water District will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 9 a.m. The agenda includes the award of a bid on construction of fluoride facilities at both the east and west treatment plants, authorization for engineering services for the project, selection of bond counsel, authorization of a Request […]
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Carroll-Boone Water District: Bids to go forward for fluoride treatment
EUREKA SPRINGS — Bids for the state-mandated fluoride treatment facilities at the Carroll-Boone Water District will be taken around Nov. 19, said McGoodwin, Williams & Yates President Brad Hammond at the Oct. 17 board meeting. Hammond requested the board hold a special meeting before Thanksgiving to award the bid. The project has to be completed […]
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Carroll-Boone Water District: No reprieve on fluoride
According to Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel in an opinion issued in July, Act 197 of 2011, mandating that fluoride be added to drinking water, will stand. And on the national front, the Environmental Protection Agency has denied a petition to change the source of fluoride in drinking water. State Rep. Denny Altes of Fort […]
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Fluoride facilities to proceed at Carroll-Boone Water District
Despite the best efforts of water operators, concerned citizens and local lawmakers, the new Arkansas law, Act 197 of 2011, mandating water fluoridation of all systems serving more than 5,000 people, remains in place and its implementation is looming at the Carroll-Boone Water District, which serves the cities of Eureka Springs, Berryville, Green Forest, Harrison […]
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Carroll-Boone Water: Water board to get update on fluoride
At its upcoming quarterly meeting, the Carroll-Boone Water District board will hear an update from engineers McGoodwin, Williams & Yates on fluoride feed system requirements. In 2011, the state mandated that all drinking water systems serving more than 5,000 people must fluoridate their water, but funding cannot come from taxes or water sales revenue. Delta […]
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Arkansas: Fluoride bills in committee; House split on fluoride control bill
While Arkansas House Bill 1312 ended up with a 9-9 split vote Feb. 27 in the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, other bills have yet to be voted on. HB1312, sponsored by Republican Bruce Westerman of Hot Springs, gives local control over fluoride levels in water systems and gives each public water system […]
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Arkansas: Bill keeping fluoride levels under local water systems’ control sees split vote
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas House Bill 1312 ended up with a 9-9 split vote Tuesday in the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee. The bill, sponsored by Republican Bruce Westerman of Hot Springs, gives local control over fluoride levels in water systems and gives each public water system the right to determine whether it […]
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Arkansas House panel rejects bill on fluoride
With votes cast along party lines, a House committee rejected a bill that would let 35 water systems decide whether to fluoridate their water… The full article is available only by subscription Print PDF
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