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Council minutes from 2020 and 2021 track Sandy's fluoride overfeed incident

Sandy City Council minutes record briefings on the fluoride overfeed incident on March 3 and Aug. 18, 2020, and a final update on June 22, 2021.

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Sandy City Council minutes from 2020 and 2021 record three briefings on a fluoride overfeed incident in the city's water system. No vote was taken at any of them. [1][2][3]

The Ledger relies only on those minutes. It did not retrieve state drinking water records.

March 3, 2020

Public Utilities Director Tom Ward introduced consultants and Engineering Manager Richard Benham, who presented on the fluoride event and a water study. The chief administrative officer said a task force had been formed to address a communication gap. [1]

Aug. 18, 2020

A consultant presented on the water quality monitoring program, participation rates and sampling results from affected homeowners. [2]

June 22, 2021

Benham said Sandy had completed regulatory requirements and water quality studies and that the Utah Division of Drinking Water accepted the final report on long-term effects on tap water quality in the affected zone. The Paradise Valley Well was running again. [3]

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3 cited, none of them a government record. Paragraphs carry [n] links to their sources.

  1. Sandy City Council · March 3, 2020 minutes (Legistar) sandyutah.legistar.com
  2. Sandy City Council · Aug. 18, 2020 minutes (Legistar) sandyutah.legistar.com
  3. Sandy City Council · June 22, 2021 minutes (Legistar) sandyutah.legistar.com

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