Utah

WATER FLUORIDATION STATUS:

• PERCENT OF PEOPLE SERVED BY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS THAT ARE FLUORIDATED:
  2018:  52.2% – ranked #43 among the states (100% fluoridated is ranked #1)
  2016:  52.7%
  2014:  51.7%
  2012:  51.7%
  2006:  54.3%
  2000:  3.1%
  1992:  2.0%
• To see if your town is fluoridated, click here.
• To learn when your town was fluoridated, and which fluoridation chemical it uses, click here.
• Utah’s Department of Health’s interactive map on fluoride in water at https://health.utah.gov/oralhealth/fluoride.php.

For a quick overview, Michael Dolan, in his November 2021 Fluoridation Review, listed these cities and towns in Utah:

The following list was published by the Utah Department of Health in 2018. ID refers to Improvement District.

Fluoridated cities and towns: Bluffdale, Brigham, Centerville, Clearfield, Clinton, Cornish (1.30), Draper, Dugway, Farmington, Fruit Heights, Hill AFB, Granger-Hunter ID, Herriman, Jordan Valley WCD, Kaysville, Kearns, Layton, Magna, Manila, Midvale, Murray, Mutton Hollow Impr. Dist., North Salt Lake City, Riverton, Salt Lake City, Sandy, Snowville, South Davis, South Jordan, South Salt Lake City, South Weber, Sunset, Syracuse, Taylorsville-Bennion ID, Ukon, Water Pro, Inc., Weber Basin WCD-Central, Weber Basin WCD-South, West Bountiful, West Jordan, West Point.

Non-fluoridated cities and towns: Alta, Amalga, Bona Vista, Bothwell, Clarkston, Coalville, Copperton, Corrine, Croydon, Deweyville, Dutch John, Echo, Eden, Elwood, Emigration Impr. Dist., Enterprise, Erda, Francis, Garden, Garland, Grantsville, Henefer, Holladay, Honeyville, Howell, Hoytsville, Huntsville, Hyde Park, Hyrum, Kamas, Laketown, Lewiston, Logan, Mantua, Marion, Mendon, Millville, Morgan, Mountain Green, Newton, Nibley, North Logan, North Ogden, Oakley, Ogden, Paradise, Park City, Peoa, Perry, Plymouth, Peterson, Portage, Providence, Randolph, Richmond, Richville, River Heights, Riverdale, Roy, Silver Lake Company, Silver Summit, Smithfield, South Ogden, South Willard, Stansbury Park ID, Stockton, Taylor, Tooele, Tremonton, Trenton, Uintah, Vernon, Wanship, Warren, Washington Terrace, Wellsville, Wendover, West Corrine, West Haven, West Warren, West Weber, White City, Willard, Wood Cross, Woodland, Woodruff.

LATEST NEWS:

• February 2019: Drinking water contamination event in Sandy. See all news reports.

• To see the latest news on fluoride developments in Utah, click here. See the March 7th letter from Fluoride Action Network to the Mayor of Sandy.

• To see an updated list of Utah’s professionals calling for an end to fluoridation, click here.
• APRIL 1, 2013: The Safe Drinking Water Disclosure Act (HB 72) was signed into law by the Governor. This Act takes effect on July 1, 2013, and includes this important provision that no other U.S. state has:
  A public water system described in Subsection (8) shall obtain, for each quantity of fluoride acquired to fluoridate public drinking water supplies, a batch-specific certificate of analysis that represents the complete composition of the formulation of the undiluted raw fluoride substance, in percent or parts by weight, for each chemical and contaminant in the batch.

Utah’s FLUORIDATION LAW:

• The Utah Safe Drinking Water Act, Utah Code Annexed § 19-4-111, states that voters must approve the addition of fluoride into their water supply by a majority vote in an election.  Prior to the election, a petition must be completed requesting the referendum on fluoride, or a local governing body must pass a resolution calling for a referendum vote.  Removal of fluoride from the water must go through the same process; petition and referendum vote.  After a vote on fluoridation has occurred, there must be a 4-year period before another vote can take place.  To learn more about this law, click here.
  

DATA ON ORAL HEALTH:

• 2012. Utah’s Plan of Action to Promote Oral Health. A Public-Private Partnership, Utah Oral Health Coalition. December 20. No mention of dental fluorosis.

FAN’S STATE COORDINATOR IN Utah:

If you live in UT and want to get the fluoride out of your water contact Sharon Clark, FAN’s Utah state coordinator.

Utah COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE REJECTED FLUORIDATION:

UTAH WATER SYSTEMS WITH HIGH FLUORIDE LEVELS:

FLUORIDE POLLUTION SOURCES IN UTAH:

In 2008, Utah ranked #30 out of 48 states for Hydrogen Fluoride releases (382,445  pounds). Utah industry also released 28,289 pounds of Fluorine into the environment. The following data comes from EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). “Total releases” includes both water and air pollution. It’s important to note, however, that not all industries or sources that release fluoride into the environment are included in the TRI.