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B&W Nuclear Operations Group in Lynchburg fined $32,000
The penalty against B&W Nuclear Operations Group of Lynchburg, Va., is based on its alleged failure to have adequate instructions telling workers how to neutralize acid spills. The staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ordered B&W Nuclear Operations Group of Lynchburg, Va., to pay a $32,500 civil penalty for its alleged failure to […]
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Smithfield: State okays reverse osmosis water treatment facility
SMITHFIELD. After more than two years in limbo, the town has finally gotten the state’s nod to build a $5 million water treatment plant to remove excess fluoride from its water. Last week, the Virginia Department of Environment Quality notified the town it would renew its current groundwater permit that allows the town to withdraw […]
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Suffolk City Council denies permit to build new school due to high fluoride levels in water
Excerpt from article titled:Time for some due diligence Suffolk City Council voted 5-3 on Wednesday to deny a request for a permit that would have allowed the school system to build and operate a new school on Copeland Road. The new facility is intended as a replacement to aging and inadequate elementary schools serving the […]
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Rocky Mount: Fluoridation equipment to be replaced
Excerpt: … On another water matter, town council voted to accept a $4,918 grant from the state Health Department for the purchase of fluoridation equipment for the water treatment plant. Deitrich said the treatment plant’s fluoridation equipment if getting old and needs to be replaced. Print PDF
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Smithfield might buy water from Isle of Wight
SMITHFIELD — The town of Smithfield might not have to build a $5 million water treatment plant to remove excess fluoride from its water. Smithfield, which is under a consent order with the Virginia Department of Health to reduce fluoride levels, has long been ready to get construction bids on a reverse osmosis water treatment […]
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Norfolk approves water agreement
Norfolk’s City Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday evening approving a water sales contract to Suffolk and Isle of Wight County. Governing bodies from all three localities must ratify the agreement, however. Suffolk and Isle of Wight County are scheduled to vote on the agreement in August. “This agreement will allow the city of Suffolk […]
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Staunton Will Continue to Fluoridate Water
Fluoride will continue to flow from the tap in the city of Staunton. That decision was made after a recommendation from the director of the Central Shenandoah Health District. Dr. Doug Larsen is overwhelmingly in favor of fluoridating water. The debate started when Staunton resident Kenneth Case presented city officials with research showing that fluoride […]
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Fluoridation Debate in Staunton
A debate over fluoride in the city’s water supply is brewing in Staunton. Staunton resident Kenneth Case says, when it comes to using fluoride additives in the water supply, the city is slowly doing serious harm. Case says, “It’s a hazardous waste from the phosphate industry. And who wants to swallow hazardous waste? I certainly […]
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Chuckatuck; New water plant will remove fluoride
For months, crews have been working to finish an expansion on the G. Robert House Water Treatment Plant in Chuckatuck. The work, which includes new water treatment equipment, generators, fuel storage tanks, chemical storage and other facilities, all will help increase the capacity of the plant, which converts groundwater and surface water into water usable […]
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Chuckatuck: Electrodialysis reversal is used to remove fluoride at water treatment plant
Excerpt from article titled: Water plant’s expansion almost done … When completed later this year, the plant [G. Robert House Water Treatment Plant in Chuckatuck] will be the largest municipal water-treatment facility in the country that uses EDR – electrodialysis reversal – to cleanse its water. EDR uses an electrochemical separation process to remove ions […]
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