The Salt Lake County Health Department will offer free lead testing for Sandy residents who believe they may have been affected by the city’s recent water contamination.
The blood tests, which will be administered by Intermountain Healthcare, start at 8 a.m. Saturday and run until noon. They are open for anyone living between 700 East to 2140 East and 10600 South to 11400 South.
That area was affected by high fluoride levels — as well as copper and lead — which leaked into parts of the water system after a power outage caused a malfunction at one of the city’s pumps on Feb.