Fluoridation Awards Presented to Village

Colleen Wulf of the Ohio Dept. of Health presents the Certificate of Appreciation for 50-Plus years of Fluoridation to Water Treatment Plant Operator Ted Dunevant (L) and Water & Waste Water Superintendent Joe Bates.

Colleen Wulf presents the Water Fluoridation Quality Award to Ted Dunevant.

(Left to Right) Village Manger Mark Cundiff, Ted Dunevant, Joe Bates and Greene County Health Commissioner Mark A, McDonnell.

Collen Wulf, Oral Health Preventive Services Coordinator for the Bureau of Health Services of the Ohio Department of Health presented the Village of Yellow Springs with a certificate of appreciation for 50-plus years of water fluoridation at the Water Plant this morning. Greene County Health Commissioner Mark A. McDonnell was on hand to represent the Greene County Combined Health District.

ODH made the presentation on behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Dental Association and the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors.

Yellow Springs began fluoridating in 1959. Since then, water plant personnel have adjusted the natural fluoride level in the water to 1.0 parts per million, the optimal amount for good dental health. A Water Fluoridation Quality Award was also presented to Water Treatment Plant Operator and Lab Analyst Ted Dunevant from Center for Disease control for maintaining proper fluoridation levels throughout 2009.