Over the past year, some Massachusetts towns have run out of fluoride, which is added to water to improve dental health. Concord has dipped into its stash to help its neighbors out. And it’s not just fluoride that has been hard to find:
Treatment system operator Dean Strom walks between the filtration tanks of the Deaconess Water Treatment Facility in Concord.
And it’s not just fluoride that has been hard to find. Carthcart and others say water systems are facing pressure from all sides, making it harder — and more expensive — to bring clean water to taps across the state. Earlier this summer, he fielded calls from members who told him, “ ‘If I don't get chlorine in the next week, [there] would be front page headlines in the paper because I'll shut off all my water,’ ” Danos recalled. “So it was that tenuous in early July.”
“I do feel like we are getting to a breaking point,” said Jennifer Pederson, who runs the Massachusetts Water Works Association, which lobbies on behalf of water professionals.
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