"You can’t reverse health damage with this," one resident yelled from the audience at Sandy Mayor Kurt Bradburn.
After Ward took nearly 40 minutes to explain the city’s timeline, Bradburn told the audience that he shared their frustrations.
Monday began in Sandy with dozens of volunteers streaming into City Hall to undergo training to collect water samples in neighborhoods affected by possible lead or copper contamination resulting from inadvertent release of undiluted fluoride on Feb. 6.
Nathaniel and Crystal Ash, who live in the affected area, were among volunteers to turned out on Presidents Day to collect water samples.
The Ashes said they will continue to drink bottled water until they receive test results from their home.
John and Marie Fowler, who learned of the fluoride release days after returning to Utah from Italy on Feb. 11, said they are frustrated the city didn’t do more to inform residents of the problem.
The website also explains how people can sign up for reverse 911 notifications.
Pipes at the affected schools were drained over the weekend.
The school district is also conducting independent tests, the website states.
While there have been repeated assurances about the water’s safety from city officials, residents say they are concerned about consuming the water until they receive the results of samples taken from their individual homes.

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COHOES, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A large portion of the City of Cohoes is under a boil water advisory Friday afternoon after a water main break.
Approximately 2,500 to 3,000 households were without water, nearly a third of Cohoes residents.
The city says water service is restored to all areas affected by Friday’s water main break.
Columbia Street is closed from Central Avenue to Simmons Avenue and from the Lansing Pool north to the end of the city line.
A 109-year-old water main valve broke in the vicinity of 6 Berkley Avenue, affecting areas Vliet Blvd at Pleasant St. down to North Mohawk St and all areas in between.
Abram Lansing Elementary School and Cohoes Middle Schools closed early due to the water issue.
Residents in the area should boil all water prior to use, or use bottled water for drinking, cooking, or brushing teeth for the next 48 hours or further notice.
Discoloration of the water is expected and is normal after a large water main break.

British volunteers have given impoverished Indian children a chance of independence through education, a former victim of waterborne disease said.
Anitha R, 18, was brought up in a one-room house with a tin roof where the supply worked only intermittently.
Her family had to spend 20 minutes boiling pots to kill infections when they wanted a drink.
Two years ago swallowing dirty water left her feverish with potentially fatal typhoid and off school for weeks.
She said: “I had no energy, I was in hospital for one week, I could not eat anything except milk and bread.
I was 16 and I could not go to school.” Her parents cared for and about her.
“It is fantastic that our project in Bangalore is bringing together partners and our fans with young leaders to provide access to safe water and education through the power of football.” Volunteers employed hand tools and muscle to bolt together clean water towers using carbon-based filtration technology.
“We have easy access to clean water everywhere we go, we don’t have to rely on bottled water and coming out here and just seeing how people struggled to get clean access to water was really impacting and quite shocking.
“So the fact we have been able to build these water towers and give them that access I think is nothing short of phenomenal and I think the club have done wonders to arrange this with their partners.” One school where volunteers built a water tower taught a few hundred children in a village pockmarked by rubbish and full of stray dogs.
Football coaches from Manchester played basketball-like games with the children, reinforcing the importance of education and overcoming challenges.

TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a do-not-drink order for the Lane Co.
The order took effect Monday and will remain in effect until the conditions that placed the system at risk of contamination are resolved.
A secondary water source that is high in nitrates was put into service until the primary well can be returned to use.
Infants below the age of six months who drink water containing nitrate in excess of the maximum contaminant level (MCL) could become seriously ill and, if untreated, may die.
Water, juice and formula for children under six months of age should not be prepared with tap water.
Bottled water or other water low in nitrates should be used for infants until further notice.
Excessive boiling can make the nitrates more concentrated, because nitrates remain behind when the water evaporates.
Supervision of children is necessary while bathing so that water is not ingested.
Regardless of whether the public water supplier or KDHE announced a do-not-drink order, only KDHE can issue the rescind order following testing at a certified laboratory.
For consumer information please visit KDHE’s PWS Consumer Information webpage:http://www.kdheks.gov/pws/emergencyresponse/water_disruption.htm Restaurants and other food establishments that have questions about the impact of the Do Not Drink Order on their business can contact the Kansas Department of Agriculture’s food safety & lodging program at kda.fsl@ks.gov or call 785-564-6767.

UPDATE: Sandy City issued an update Saturday advising residents from 10600 South to 11400 South and 700 East to 2000 East to not drink the water.
SANDY, Utah – New lab results show high levels of fluoride, copper and lead were detected in Sandy City’s water supply after city officials said a snowstorm caused their system to malfunction.
The city said about 600 homes were affected, from 10600 South to 11400 South and 2000 East to 700 East.
It is our belief that the lead and copper is also within a safe range,” Ward said.
Some residents did report illness because of the increased fluoride levels, “at least five households had reported to us that they had individuals sick in their household last Thursday.
The increased fluoride levels also impacted the system, causing an increase in levels of lead and copper, according to the city.
“Once the city’s Public Utilities Department discovered the failed equipment on Thursday, February 7 at 2 p.m., they immediately closed valves to isolate the area (approximately 11026 South to 11125 South and 1850 East to 1950 East).
Crews flushed the drinking water line, notified the State of Utah and the Health Department, and went door-to-door to notify and instruct customers to flush their water systems,” Sandy City said in a statement.
Bottled water pick up is at the old Reams location on 10650 South 700 East.
— Sandy City (@sandycityutah) February 16, 2019 Sandy City is encouraging residents who have not yet flushed their systems to do so.

All Vermont schools would be required to test their water for lead by the end of the year — rather than within the originally proposed timeline of 3 ½ years — under a bill passed by the Senate.
Jeffrey Francis, executive director of the Vermont Superintendents Association, said his group as well as the School Boards and Principals associations asked that the state pay the entire mitigation cost, because the public health program is being initiated by the state.
“The bill also infers that there will be future testing but does not address the costs or payment for that testing, leaving that to future rules,” Francis said.
We are supportive of the overall initiative.” The push for this legislation was prompted by a pilot program last fall at 16 Vermont schools that found at least three taps in every school with concerning levels of lead, prompting the Senate to push for more immediate action.
The original longer timeline was set based on the processing capacity of the Department of Health labs, but Sen. Phil Baruth, D/P-Chittenden, said getting these tests done by the end of the year should not be a problem.
“The Department of Health is conducting it,” Baruth said.
The bill put $2.5 million into this, so there’s no excuses on anyone’s part.” Sen. Brian Campion, D-Bennington, called the faster timeline a “money saver,” citing the health risks lead poses, and the health care and educational costs it can create down the road.
Campion said he thinks toxic substances need more attention and regulation across the board, but that this legislation is a good place to start.
“We as a state, we as a nation, have got to do more around protecting people from toxics,” Campion said.
“This is a tiny piece, but it’s really very important.” Gov.

Students at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) have decried the lack of safe water for drinking in the university, arguing that it has exposed the community to health risks.
The concerned students launched a safe drinking water and good sanitation campaign on Wednesday that aims at installing water filters and purifiers in the university and the hospital.
Derina Atuhwere, a third year student and the President of the Integrity Ambassadors Club said that the campaign targets the vulnerable students who can not access safe water for drinking.
She said the water crisis was critically affecting majority of the students who cannot buy bottled drinking water every day especially during the dry season.
Those that cannot afford buying bottled water find themselves taking unboiled water directly from the water taps,” she said.
“If a student has no money, he or she cannot get water for drinking until they return home.
She however noted that the students could not wait for the university to make an intervention, and as such, they as students have decided to provide water filters and purifiers that will be provided to each faculty.
“That patient can end up contracting other diseases because some cannot afford buying bottled water every day even students some are incapable.
This project had been started before but it lacked support, so we decided to revive the project,” Amanjot revealed.
“It’s very absurd that such a big institution which has also a hospital does not have safe water points for vulnerable patients and students.

Data requested by MLive-The Flint Journal from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality shows water systems above that action limit in the most recent Lead and Copper Rule testing are located throughout the state and are both large and small — one serving less than 100 homes and others providing water to cities as large as Hamtramck and Benton Harbor.
Lead can enter drinking water when service lines that contain lead corrode, especially where the water has high acidity or low mineral content that corrodes pipes and fixtures, according to the EPA.
Another small water system registered the highest LCR test result in the state — 48 ppb — but a representative of the Hills of Walloon Association said the result was a historical deviation caused by sample from a single faucet that was rarely used in one home.
Fewer than 100 homes draw from the Hills of Walloon water system, according to state records, and the water — drawn from deep wells — registered a 90th percentile of just 6 ppb during the first six months of last year.
Other systems above 15 ppb of lead in the last half of last year are Maple Knoll in Eaton County (44), Lakeview Chalet Condominiums in Oakland County (43), Hermansville Housing Commission in Menominee County (29), the city of Hamtramck in Wayne County (28), the village of Lawrence in Van Buren County (24), Benton Harbor in Berrien County (22), Sims-Whitney Utilities Authority in Arenac County (20), Gun River Estates West in Allegan County (19), Country Living Adult Foster Care in Hillsdale County (16), Kellogg Biological Station in Kalamazoo County (16) and the city of Parchment in Kalamazoo County (16).
Late last year, a health advisory was issued for lead in the city of Parchment’s water, and its 90th percentile was 16 ppb — above the action level.
Parchment connected to the city of Kalamazoo’s water system in August but lead has continued to leach into tap water from old lead service lines still in use.
Lead notices would also have been required in the village of Lawrence in Van Buren County, which registered a 90th percentile of 24 ppb.
The agency’s water was above the federal action level in both the first and second half of 2018 — the only water system in the state to do so.
Flint’s most recent LCR testing showed a 90th percentile of just 4 ppb.

Montgomery County officials plan to announce a centralized water pickup location for Friday for residents under a boil advisory.
Meanwhile, the three sites in Dayton, Clayton and Trotwood closed at 6 p.m. Thursday.
>> Montgomery County water outage: Leak identified along Great Miami River, boil advisory still in place Three Kroger stores were offering donated water to those under the boil advisory in need, at the following locations: Kroger, 3520 W. Siebenthaler Road Kroger, 1934 Needmore Road Kroger, 1024 S. Smithville Road Brianna Wooten, spokeswoman for Montgomery County, asked that only people who need water go to the distribution locations.
Kettering, Washington Twp., Miami Twp., Centerville and Moraine are not under a boil advisory that’s affecting parts of the county, Wooten said.
It is hoped the entire boil advisory will be lifted on Saturday, but it remains in effect until further notice for about 75,000 people.
>> Which local restaurants are affected by the water advisory on this Valentine’s Day In accordance with Ohio EPA standards, the county will have to conduct two rounds of testing on the water to lift the advisory.
So far, no one has reported any health issues due to water to Public Health Dayton and Montgomery County While the boil advisory is a precautionary measure, residents in the boil advisory area are urged to follow it.
Bring water to rolling boil for at least a minute and let it cool before drinking it or using for oral hygiene or cooking.
The water does not need to be boiled for bathing.
Anyone with questions for Montgomery County regarding water issues should call 937-781-2678.

In the shadow of some of America’s most controversial coal mines, where companies use huge amounts of explosives to blow the tops off mountains, isolated communities say their water has been poisoned.
Casey (not her real name) wears a one-dollar wedding ring now.
"This is what we have to live with," Casey says.
"I’ve been here all my life, but when the surface [coal] mine came in that’s when the water started changing," says Jack, who, despite being a miner himself, believes the industry is accountable for his family’s water problems.
This process is a type of surface mining known as mountaintop removal, and has drawn the ire not only of nearby residents but environmental groups who say it devastates the landscape and pollutes the waterways.
‘Don’t take away our healthcare’ says Trump country "When you dump a lot of overburden into the valley, and start covering up streams, you have water sources that end up travelling through the [waste] material,’ says Professor Michael McCawley, an environmental engineer who has spent time researching the health impacts of mountaintop removal.
Jason now cooks with bottled water, but he has been collecting water from a nearby stream and treating it with swimming pool chemicals to supply his house.
"We view ourselves as pretty good neighbours and if somebody has an issue then we would address it," said the spokesman for CM Energy, which took over the mine in 2017.
When presented with the complaints of nearby residents, the spokesman declined to take responsibility and said the water contamination could have been caused by a number of different issues.
"If you don’t work in the coal mines you either flip burgers or you have to move out of state and do something else."