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Carroll-Boone Water District: Fluoride costs rising
The Carroll Boone Water District (CBWD) board will meet at 10 a.m. April 19 to consider proceeding with fluoridation of public drinking water despite not having sufficient grants to cover start-up costs. The board will discuss whether to use district funds to implement fluoridation. State legislation passed in 2011 mandated fluoridation of all water systems […]
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Forcing it down our throats
Excerpts: Editor, … Eureka Springs has voted twice against it [fluoridation]. They were lucky, other member cities councils voted for them rather than letting people decide for themselves. Hot Springs city council decided for their citizens, but their citizens demanded a referendum and voted against fluoridation. Oh, the top dog dentist for the state says […]
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Delta Dental Foundation of Arkansas trying to trim fluoridation costs
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The cost of fluoridating water in 34 Arkansas systems has exceeded the amount a foundation pledged to cover. The Legislature required cities and towns that serve or sell water to more than 5,000 people to install fluoridation systems in their water plants, but only if private funds are available. The law […]
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Carroll Boone Water: Water district operator takes up anti-fluoride fight
It is possible that customers of Carroll Boone Water District may not have fluoride added to their water after all as a result a CBWD contract with Eureka Springs, Berryville, Green Forest and Harrison that forbids the introduction of any corrosive water into distribution systems. There are concerns that highly corrosive fluoride added to the […]
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Carroll-Boone: Water district examining fluoridation
EUREKA SPRINGS — Fluoridating the Carroll-Boone drinking water is moving closer to reality with the presentation of a preliminary study by consulting engineers McGoodwin, Williams & Yates (MWY) at the water district’s quarterly meeting Thursday. Engineer Brad Hammond, along with Jim Vetter of MWY, presented the report and said the cost of construction of two […]
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Carroll-Boone Water District: Fluoride suppliers not co-operating
Carroll-Boone water operator René Fonseca testified at a House and Senate Interim Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor meeting in Hot Springs on Aug. 17 about the water district’s concerns that the state mandate allows for water operators to follow other guidelines with which they are charged. To this end, state Rep. Loy Mauch […]
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Water fluoridation in Arkansas
In last month’s column we discussed the proposed recommendations for community water fluoridation. So when I received big news from Arkansas, I thought it would be a great column to follow last month’s discussion. House Bill 359 was recently signed by the Arkansas governor, which requires that water systems serving 5,000 or more people must […]
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Eureka Springs: Drinking water will be compromised
EUREKA SPRINGS — There is not much citizens who don’t want fluoride in their drinking water can do now that Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has signed Act 197 into law, mandating fluoride for all water systems that serve 5,000 or more customers… All 12 water operator employees at Carroll-Boone are against fluoride, he has said […]
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England: Mix-up with chemicals at Arkansas water plant causes evacuation; drinking water not threatened
ENGLAND, Ark. — A mix-up involving chemicals at the water treatment plant in the central Arkansas town of England led to an evacuation of several businesses Thursday near the facility. Police in the Lonoke County community cleared the area for several hours after they say a chemical company worker mistakenly poured fluoride into a storage […]
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Carroll-Boone Water District: Fluoridation on the way
Excerpts: … The new law [on statewide mandatory fluoridation] has raised concerns among some, including water operators at the Carroll-Boone Water District (CBWD), which provides water from Beaver Lake to its member cities Eureka Springs, Berryville, Green Forest and Harrison. All 12 water operators at Carroll-Boone are against fluoride, said Office Manager Jim Allison. He […]
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