Flouride a hot topic at regional water treatment plant meeting

Havre Daily News/Tim Leeds

Dean Stockert, drinking water manager of Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, talks Tuesday in Chester about the plans for a water treatment plant for Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System to be built at Tiber Dam.

Engineers in Chester Tuesday presented plans for a plant that will treat water for nearly 30,000 people from Loma through Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation north to the Canadian Border and west past Shelby, but an unexpected hot topic arose during the discussion: flouride in the water.

Dean M. Stockert, drinking water...