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Fort Smith flips the switch on fluoridation
Fort Smith, Ark. — For the first time, people in this western Arkansas city and nearby communities served by its water system will, starting in March, enjoy the benefits of community water fluoridation. City officials on March 7 began adding fluoride to its drinking water, thanks in part to a grant from Delta Dental Foundation […]
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Eureka Springs steps up water quality monitoring in wake of Flint crisis
With the current water issues in bigger and older cities like Flint, Mich., Eureka Springs city leaders are paying attention. They’re working to make sure city water lines are clean, and contaminant free. The city was founded on July 4, 1879 and was rumored to have ‘healing waters’. If that myth were true, then director […]
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Fort Smith adds fluoride to city’s water supply Monday
Up until Monday, Fort Smith was the largest city in the state without fluoridated water flowing through its pipes. But crews started adding the chemical to treatment plants in Van Buren and in Mountainburg Monday morning, where Fort Smith and some other local cities have their drinking water treated. As per a law passed by […]
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Fluoride will go in Fort Smith water
FORT SMITH — The city will begin Monday adding fluoride to the water it provides for its 160,000 users in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. Once the chemical is introduced into the water system at the Lake Fort Smith and the Lee Creek water treatment plants, it will take about 36 hours for the water […]
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Fort Smith To Begin Fluoridating Next Week
The city of Fort Smith announced Wednesday that it will begin fluoridating its drinking water Monday. “Fluoridation of drinking water is for the purpose of promoting public health and preventing tooth decay,” a news release from the city states. “The city will feed fluoride at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommended level […]
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Eureka Springs: Public works director addresses water fluoridation
Eureka Springs Public Works Director Dwayne Allen released a letter updating the Eureka Springs City Council on the city’s water quality issues on Monday. In the letter, Allen described how the public works department has taken measures to increase the city’s water quality. The department, Allen said, is working to meet state regulations while testing […]
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Fort Smith: FLUORIDATION OF OUR DRINKING WATER
On Monday, March 7, 2016 the City of Fort Smith will begin fluoridating our drinking water. In accordance with the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) April 2015 recommendation, the fluoridation level of 0.7 mg/L will be used to provide public health benefits but prevent fluorosis of teeth and bones. There have been […]
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Eureka Springs: The city that water destroyed? Fluoride the lingering catalyst
City officials have expressed concerns that fluoridation chemicals the Carroll Boone Water District (CBWD) started adding in August 2015 could increase levels of lead to unsafe levels. Fluoridation chemicals not only contain lead, but are corrosive. Combined with chloramines used to disinfect water, which are also corrosive, the result could be increased lead leaching from […]
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Treatment plant begins adding fluoride to Hot Springs’ water supply
HOT SPRINGS — The Ouachita Water Treatment Plant is adding fluoride to Hot Springs’ water supply. Plant workers began the process Monday. Arkansas Department of Health officials helped “calibrate our devices to make sure they were in range with theirs,” said Larry Merriman, major capital projects manager for the city. Act 197 of 2011 requires […]
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Ozark Mountain Public Water authority to appeal fluoridation mandate
WESTERN GROVE — The board of the Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority has unanimously voted to take the issue of water fluoridation to court. The decision was made at the board’s monthly meeting on Dec. 17 at the Western Grove City Hall. “This is not a lawsuit,” board member Winton McInnis said. “We are […]
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