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The ECUA board voted 4-1 to not purchase any more fluoride. ECUA has about 1,000 gallons of fluoride left and uses 750 gallons a week. Water fluoridation in Escambia County will end next week.
After nearly 30 years of adding fluoride to Escambia County’s public drinking water, the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority will soon stop. The move comes after state legislators passed a bill ...
One day after Emerald Coast Utilities Authority said compost it has distributed to customers tested positive, the company further testing indicates the test results were wrong. “It was a false ...
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority is suing the manufacturers and sellers of a fire-suppressant foam that allegedly contaminated a portion of the local water supply with highly toxic ...
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority says the 60-year-old pipe is among thousands of miles of aging pipe that the utility is working to replace due to breaks and sewage spills. The Emerald Coast ...
The Emerald Coast Utility Authority's Materials Recycling Facility processes around 40,000 tons of recyclable materials per year, and up to 12% is considered contaminated. Santa Rosa County is ...
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WEAR) — The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA) has agreed to pay thousands of dollars to downtown Pensacola businesses after sewer backups created damages and forced shops ...
ECUA spokesperson Natalie Bowers said this will help with operations and to help prevent trash pick-up delays. In 2019 ECUA picked up 104,174 tons of solid waste from people's homes in Escambia ...
Avant appeared before the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority's governing board last week to enlist the agency's help in securing funds from the federal Justice40 Initiative. Executive Order 14008 ...