"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.