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Sandy public utilities director on paid administrative leave in wake of fluoride event
SANDY — Mayor Kurt Bradburn announced Wednesday his director of public utilities will be on paid leave while an independent investigation probes the inadvertent release of concentrated fluoride into a portion of the city’s drinking water system. Bradburn said the move regarding Tom Ward is best for the city as the “fact gathering process plays […]
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Sandy City Council will hire technical experts to investigate water contamination
See original article SANDY, Utah (KUTV) — Tuesday night, the Sandy City Council voted unanimously, 7-0, to launch its own investigation into the contaminated water crisis. The meeting drew a larger-than-normal crowd as council members made a motion and debated how best to investigate how fluoride, lead and copper got into the city’s drinking water. […]
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After Sandy crisis, some Salt Lake County leaders want to remove fluoride from tap water
After a fluoride pump malfunctioned and flooded parts of Sandy’s water system with unsafe amounts of the mineral last week, some residents and lawmakers are issuing calls to reconsider a ballot initiative voters passed more than 18 years ago that required fluoride in Salt Lake County’s water. Among them is Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee […]
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Frustrated residents want more answers after Sandy water crisis
(KUTV) — Sandy Mayor Kurt Bradburn held a town hall meeting Monday evening that lasted nearly four hours. Residents packed Mount Jordan Middle School with questions about how fluoride leaked into the water system, in some cases causing high levels of lead and copper in the water. The mayor and his Utilities Director Tom Ward […]
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Sandy City Water Quality Updates (Q&A)
What to do now? If you haven’t flushed your system in the affected area, then you need to do so. Start with hot (for 30 minutes) followed by cold (for 30 minutes). Empty ice trays from refrigerator. Affected area: The No Drink Order has been lifted for the area that includes 10600 South to 11400 […]
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‘I wasn’t on top of this’: At Sandy town hall meeting, mayor answers questions about bad water and lack of communication
Sandy • Residents here Monday sprayed city leaders with concerns about the drinking water and asked why they didn’t learn of problems faster. Boyd Liddiard, who lives in Sandy, as does his 88-year-old father, questioned how the municipal water system could be allowed to have such a failure. Just as important to Liddiard was why […]
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Fluoridating Salt Lake County water: A look inside water treatment facilities
(KUTV) — Inside the Southwest Ground Water Treatment Facility in West Jordan, well-calibrated machines are hard at work carefully distributing fluoride to the Salt Lake Valley water supply. The treatment plant is one of three in the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District. Inside the Southwest Ground Water Treatment Facility in West Jordan, well-calibrated machines are […]
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Sandy City Council votes to open an investigation into the city’s response to water quality issues
The Sandy City Council took its first steps Tuesday toward conducting an independent investigation into the city administration’s response to a fluoride pump that malfunctioned and flooded parts of the local water system with unsafe amounts of the mineral last week. After a sometimes emotional, nearly 45-minute public hearing on the issue Tuesday, the council […]
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Salt Lake County says fluoridated water is safe despite Sandy contamination incident
SANDY (ABC4 News) – The recent Sandy water contamination incident was caused when a fluoride pump malfunctioned, leading some to ask why Salt Lake County adds the mineral to its drinking water. Fluoridation of county water began in 2003, three years after voters approved it. Nicholas Rupp, of the Salt Lake County Health Department, says it’s […]
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Sandy left out state-required information in water contamination notices
SANDY, Utah (KUTV) — The city of Sandy left out information that the state required in one of its public notices over the water scare, and the mayor is pointing the finger at the director of public utilities. The Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Drinking Water sent a document to the city with the […]
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