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DEP settles with Franklin over violations associated with fluoride in water system
Too much fluoride in Franklin’s municipal water system last year has resulted in the city of Franklin and its General Authority having to pay a $25,000 civil penalty while Franklin’s operator-in-charge of the drinking water system will pay a $2,500 civil penalty and surrender his state certification. The penalties are part of a settlement agreement announced Tuesday […]
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DEP Announces Settlement with City of Franklin, General Authority Over Violations Associated with Overfeed of Fluoride in Water System
Meadville, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced a settlement agreement with the City of Franklin and the City’s General Authority for violations of the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act associated with an overfeed of fluoride in the Franklin water system in February 2018. The agreement requires the City and the General […]
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DEP Announces Settlement with City of Franklin, General Authority Over Fluoride Violations
Excerpts: … The agreement requires the City and the General Authority to take actions to update operational procedures, provide public notice of certain conditions, submit records, and obtain permits for equipment changes at their water plants. The agreement includes a $25,000 civil penalty for violations associated with the 2018 fluoride overfeed and irregularities in the […]
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States, Military Clash on Cleanup of Toxic Chemicals
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center began a second round of drinking water sampling Aug. 1, 2017, at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan. The Air Force is re-sampling 54 private drinking water wells and two municipal wells near the installation to determine if perfluorooctanoic and perfluorooctanesulfonic acids, or PFOS and PFOA, levels have […]
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City of Franklin fluoride overfeed: CONSENT ORDER AND AGREEMENT with DEP
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: You can read the Consent Decree in its original format here. An excerpt from page 4 of the original document, paragraph S: “… daily operational logs, for the Barrett Flats WTP for the months of December 2017, January 2018, and February 2018, provided by the City of Franklin and […]
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Meadville: Water authority tests fluoride equipment; launch could be next month
VERNON TOWNSHIP — Officials at Meadville Area Water Authority on Tuesday tested the system that will soon fluoridate the water supplied to the authority’s customers. Construction of the equipment is complete, according to MAWA consulting engineer Tom Thompson, but fluoridation will not begin for another month or two. “It is just testing of the equipment,” Thompson said of the […]
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Mommy Minute: Is your child using too much toothpaste?
Sarah DeBrunner is a busy mom with three energetic kids. In her Camp Hill household, brushing your teeth twice a day is a top priority. It’s also one her kids never seem to mind. “She frequently asks to brush her teeth and then cries when the toothbrush is removed,” DeBrunner said of her youngest child. […]
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5 workers hospitalized after hydrofluoric acid leak at refinery near Delaware
Five people working at a Pennsylvania energy plant less than two miles from Claymont were hospitalized after a chemical leak occurred Wednesday morning. The contract workers’ conditions were not available Wednesday, but they were being treated at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pennsylvania. Hydrofluoric acid is hydrogen fluoride when dissolved in water, according to the Centers for Disease Control and […]
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Fluoride could be in Meadville’s water by this summer
VERNON TOWNSHIP — By summer, residents could be drinking — or filtering with reverse osmosis systems — fluoridated water, according to officials at Meadville Area Water Authority. Equipment used to monitor fluoride levels in the water supplied to customers has been mounted and plumbed, Project Manager Bob Harrington told the authority’s board at Wednesday’s monthly […]
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Johnstown: Water fluoridation ends next month
Note from FAN: The decision to end fluoridation was made in July 2017 in the Greater Johnston Water Authority – an area with over 52,000 residents. Customers of the Greater Johnstown Water Authority will soon no longer have fluoride on tap. Notices were recently mailed to area residents alerting them that fluoridation will be discontinued […]
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