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Pump floods wells with fluoride
MASON - A chemical feed pump malfunctioned Friday, causing one of the city's seven drinking water wells to be flooded with too much fluoride, said Ken Baker, superintendent of public works. "It was a higher than normal level, but it wasn't anything that's going to make anybody sick."
He said officials caught the malfunction Monday and corrected it.
He added the state Department of Environmental Quality was notified of the event and that an investigation to determine the cause of the malfunction is under way. The city's fluoride level is usually one part fluoride per million gallons of water. Over the weekend, it reached three parts per million at its highest level.
MASON - A chemical feed pump malfunctioned Friday, causing one of the city's seven drinking water wells to be flooded with too much fluoride, said Ken Baker, superintendent of public works. "It was a higher than normal level, but it wasn't anything that's going to make anybody sick."
He said officials caught the malfunction Monday and corrected it.
He added the state Department of Environmental Quality was notified of the event and that an investigation to determine the cause of the malfunction is under way. The city's fluoride level is usually one part fluoride per million gallons of water. Over the weekend, it reached three parts per million at its highest level.
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