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The Sunbury Municipal Authority Board voted to seek approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to discontinue drinking water fluoridation treatment at its water treatment plant. An application will be submitted requesting that the public water supply permit be amended to remove fluoridation from the operating permit. The transition from a fluoridated to a non-fluoridated system will occur on or about September 30, 2026.

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Fluoride Removal Notice

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER

    Sunbury Municipal Authority has elected to cease the addition of fluoride.

Fluoridation will be discontinued on  7/17/26 .

What should I do?

You do not need to use an alternative (i.e., bottled water) water supply.  However, if you have specific health concerns about this change in the water treatment, consult with your doctor and/or dentist.

What does this mean?

This is not an emergency. If it had been you would have been notified immediately.

This is a notification of change in treatment technique. This will not affect the quality of the drinking water made available to SMA customers. The water will continue to meet all Department of Environmental Protection regulations without the addition of fluoride.

What happened?  What is being done?

Before the widespread availability of personal dental healthcare products, some public drinking water systems, including Sunbury Municipal Authority (SMA), previously chose to add fluoride at the water treatment plant to promote dental health and help reduce tooth decay. With other dental healthcare options now readily available to the public, and in response to workplace safety concerns raised by water treatment operators, SMA has decided to discontinue the optional addition of fluoride.

Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses).  You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.

For more information, please contactDerrick Backer                       at (570) 286-5858                                  

This notice is being sent to you by Sunbury Municipal Authority.

PWS ID #:  4490007                                         Date distributed:  6/5/26               

Derrick Backer

General Manager
Sunbury Municipal Authority
462 S. 4th Street

Sunbury, PA 17801
570-286-5858
[email protected]