With the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as national secretary of Health and Human Services, the City of Morganton may no longer have to worry about repairing its fluoride equipment in the water system.

Kennedy, who had previously vowed to remove fluoride from drinking water, leads to uncertainty about the future of fluoride use in the city.

The city currently faces needed repairs to its fluoride feed system, which is estimated to cost around $400,000.

Here is the fluoride situation at the Morganton Water Plant.