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Cedar Hills' soil, water gets clean bill of health

Deseret News - 5/9/2017

CEDAR HILLS, Utah County - Tests of the city's water and soil have found no unsafe levels of metal contaminants following a sediment release that flowed down a river in American Fork Canyon last August.

The sediment was accidentally released during a rehabilitation project on the Tibble Fork Dam.

"While the information we had previously received from (the Utah Department of Environmental Quality) stated that there were no unsafe levels of metal contaminants in the water we receive from American Fork Canyon, it was reassuring to get these results based on samples from our city," Mayor Gary Gygi said in a statement.

Water samples were taken from the pond 10 weir at the Cedar Hills Golf Club, pond 12 and at the Heritage Park diversion dam. Soil samples were taken at Mesquite Park, and sediment samples were taken from pond 10, the creek bed at Heritage Park and the 10th hole of the golf course. These samples were sent to Chemtech-Ford for testing.

The results, presented during a City Council meeting earlier this month, show the total metal concentrations in the water, soil and sediment samples were below the recommended values for recreational and irrigation use. Based on this information, as well as test results on other samples provided by American Fork and the department, it was determined that the soil, sediment and irrigation water throughout the city is safe to use for irrigation and recreation.