For updates, go to https://sandy.utah.gov/departments/public-utilities Drinking Water Event ALL SANDY CITY WATER IS NOW SAFE TO DRINK: The No Drink Order is lifted for the area between 1700 East and 2000 East and 10600 South and 11400 South. This area encompasses approximately 600 homes. This decision was made in consultation with the DEQ and the […]
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Utahns help test water in Sandy after lead, fluoride contamination
(KUTV) — A couple dozen people woke up early on their day off to help test water around Sandy City on Monday morning. The ‘no-drinking’ order was lifted Sunday night leaving some residents still concerned. Two friends from Sandy spent their holiday walking neighborhoods. They asked residents to test their water. With a white-labeled bottle […]
Sandy Residents Ask Why They Didn’t Hear About Water Problem
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Residents in a Salt Lake City suburb are asking why they were allowed to drink possibly tainted water for a week before they were alerted to the problem. Officials in Sandy declared its water safe to drink Sunday evening after a fluoride pump malfunctioned because of a power outage on […]
All metals except for lead returned to safe drinking levels, Sandy City says
SANDY, Utah – Sandy City issued an update Saturday night on its drinking water contamination, saying all metals except for lead have returned to safe drinking levels. The city said in a press release that a fluoride pump malfunctioned at one of Sandy City’s wells near 1700 East 11170 South, due to a storm and […]
Water Fluoridation – Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Karen Gay is the Eastern Shore of Virginia Weston A. Price Foundation chapter leader. The next meeting will cover the topic of water fluoridation on Wednesday, February 20 at 6:00 at Peacewerks, 3100 Main Street, Exmore. Consider joining our ESVA Weston A Price Foundation Chapter Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/esvawapf/. For more information contact Karen at 240-393-5625 […]
Sandy City lifts no drink order on the remainder of affected area
SANDY, Utah) – Sandy City has lifted the No Drink Order on the rest of the city potentially affected by high metal content in the water. The No Drink Order is lifted for the area between 1700 East and 2000 East and 10600 South and 11400 South. According to a press release, the area affected […]
As Sandy mayor apologizes for slow response to tap water crisis, many residents wonder why it took a week to hear about tainted supplies
As Sandy City declared some — but not all — of the contaminated portions of its water system safe to use on Sunday, residents were asking why many were allowed to drink possibly tainted water for a week before they heard about problems. A few even said the city never did notify them, and that […]
Utah city delayed notifying state, public of contaminated water
SANDY — Contaminated drinking water sickened a 3-month-old baby and several other people in an area of Sandy where a no-drink order is in place pending lab results on levels of copper and lead. The Utah Division of Drinking Water urged Sandy city officials all last week to hasten sampling and completion of results that […]
Sandy delayed notifying state, public of contaminated water
SANDY — Contaminated drinking water sickened a 3-month-old baby and several other people in an area of Sandy where a no-drink order is in place pending lab results on levels of copper and lead. The Utah Division of Drinking Water urged Sandy city officials all last week to hasten sampling and completion of results that […]
Sandy City has been cited by DEQ after tap water found contaminated with lead, copper and fluoride
Photo courtesy of Cindie Quintana Water is being distributed at a parking lot in Sandy for residents affected by high metal levels in their drinking water. Sandy City has been cited by the state Department of Environmental Quality after tests found high levels of lead, copper and fluoride in its water systems and is advising […]