![]() ![]() “I would sure like to see that (switch) repaired so we can get that back in the water.” “I would hate to see the water not be fluoridated,” he said. He has had a dental practice in Abilene for 32 years and saw firsthand what he described as a significant improvement in the dental health of his patients after the fluoride started being put into the water. That would be a savings that Mike Robson, DDS said would not be worth the money for local residents, especially the children. If they stopped the fluorination it would be a savings of about $5,000 a year, Dillner said. Jay Leusman, lead operator at the Abilene Water Treatment Plant, said the work that needs to be done to bring the room up to code includes replacing the emergency switch replacing some wiring work on the exhaust system and lights. ![]() “We can probably do it for less than under $10, 000,” he said. The funds would come from the water utility revenues, not city tax dollars. The Abilene City Council will need to determine if they want to authorize the room to be cleaned and the corroded switch replaced, or discontinue the fluoridation program.Īlthough a full assessment has not been complete, Dillner said it will cost several thousand dollars to completely fix the problems and thoroughly clean the room. The corrosion has been a slow steady occurrence since the plant opened in 1998. “From our stand point we look at is as an employee safety issue,” he said. If a problem were to arise while an employee is preparing the fluoride, the employee would use that switch to alert other plant workers that they were in distress or that there was a problem. A picture showing the corrosive nature of the fluoride room.Īn employee safety issue was at the center of a decision to stop putting fluoride in Abilene’s water, in April.Ĭity Manager David Dillner said the emergency safety switch in the fluoride room at the water treatment plant has become corroded making it nonfunctional. ![]()
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