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Holly Refinery: Acid leak forces refinery evacuation
WEST BOUNTIFUL — A leak of hydrofluoric acid forced the evacuation of the Holly Refinery on Friday. About 600 workers were in the refinery at the time. South Davis Metro Fire Chief Jim Rampton says refinery workers contained the leak before fire and hazardous materials crews arrived. One man was taken to the hospital with […]
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Woods Cross refinery workers are evacuated after acid leaks from pipe
Between 600 and 700 employees were evacuated from an oil refinery in Woods Cross on Friday afternoon when hydrofluoric acid began leaking from a broken pipe. No injuries were reported and employees of Holly Corp. were able to suppress the acid vapour quickly, said South Davis Metro Fire Department Chief Jim Ramptom. The leak occurred […]
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Layton: Fluoride-free Water Available
LAYTON — Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, 2837 E. Highway 193, will open its new Water Conservation Learning Garden from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The new garden is designed to give the public ideas for yards and gardens with water conservation in mind. Also offered will be tours of the district’s drinking-water treatment […]
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Water system gets no mercy on fluoride
A measure that would have ended a two-year court battle and cleared the way for a small water provider to buck Salt Lake County’s fluoridation mandate hit a dam in the Legislature. Rep. Sylvia Andersen, R-Sandy, sponsored HB116 to give the Holliday Water Co. the power to say yes or no to injecting fluoride into […]
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Proposed legislation would allow water company the right to stop fluoride
Although Salt Lake County voters said yes to fluoridation in 2000, one private water company in Holladay said no. Although Holliday Water Company purchased the necessary equipment to fluoridate, shareholders oppose adding the chemical to the water, so it sits idle. Rep. Sylvia Andersen, R-Sandy, is sponsoring HB116 to allow the 3,000 shareholders that make […]
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County appeals ‘Rules of game were changed’
FARMINGTON — Davis County has asked the Utah Supreme Court to reconsider its decision awarding attorney’s fees to Utahns for Better Dental Health. Late last month the court ruled the Davis County clerk/auditor’s office would have to pay the attorney’s fees to David Irvine, UBDH — Davis’s counsel. But the Davis County clerk has asked […]
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Fluoride again prevails in Davis
Utahns for Better Dental Health fought tooth and nail to get citizen approval to add fluoride to water in Davis County. The group scored a victory in the 2000 general election, with 52 percent of the voters saying yes to fluoridation. Then, two years later, UBDH won again after it successfully sued to stop a […]
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Fluoridated-water war flows on
To fluoridate or not to fluoridate. The battle rages on. At least in the east-side Salt Lake Valley community of Holladay – and in the mind of state Rep. Sylvia Andersen, R-Sandy. Holladay is where faucets servicing 15,000 residents still dispense nonfluoridated water – despite a 2000 voter mandate. Andersen, for the second year, is […]
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Fluoride spill advisory lifted for Parleys Creek
Officials on Sunday lifted an advisory telling people and pets to avoid Parleys Creek from Mountain Dell Reservoir to Tanner Park after 1,500 gallons of fluoride emptied into a nearby pond Friday morning. Salt Lake City utility officials believe a faulty gasket is to blame for the chemical leaking from a storage tank at the […]
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Fluoride spill taints Parleys Creek
People, dogs warned to avoid stream A fluoride tank overflowed at a treatment plant Friday, spurring a warning to stay out of a Salt Lake County creek this holiday weekend The 1,500-gallon spill occurred at a water treatment plant west of Mountain Dell Reservoir and next to Parleys Creek. Utility workers were able to contain […]
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