Water by zip · 84070
Sandy water
Sandy blends treated surface water from the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake and Sandy with sixteen of its own groundwater wells. The city's report states the water met all federal and state requirements in 2025. Sandy publishes one of the clearest hardness figures on the Wasatch Front.
Your water system
Sandy City Department of Public Utilities
Source: Surface water purchased from the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake and Sandy, drawn from Little Cottonwood and Bell Canyon creeks and Deer Creek and Jordanelle reservoirs, blended with sixteen city groundwater wells. Public water system ID UTAH18028.
Sandy reports hardness of 158 mg/L as calcium carbonate, about 9.2 grains per gallon, which it describes as moderately hard.
What stands out
Where it comes from
Surface water from Little Cottonwood and Bell Canyon creeks and regional reservoirs is treated and blended with sixteen city wells.
Lead and copper
The 2025 report lists a lead 90th-percentile of 2.93 ppb and copper of 259 ppb, both below the federal action levels, with a chlorine residual of 0.45 mg/L on the surface supply.
City-specific hardness
Sandy reports hardness of 158 mg/L as calcium carbonate, about 9.2 grains per gallon, which it labels moderately hard.
This is a plain-language summary, not a substitute for your utility's official report. Sandy City Department of Public Utilities reports meeting federal drinking-water standards. For the full, current numbers, read the official report linked above.
What helps
What we would do about it.
For what you drink, a countertop ionizer gives you control over taste and balance, while a whole-home system with salt-free conditioning helps with hardness and chlorine at every tap. Visit The Well for a free water test to confirm your own numbers.