The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has been working to help home owners in the Pine Grove subdivision after elevated levels of PFAs were detected in residential wells.
Just last month those homes were switched to city water.
PFAS Investigation Site Lead for EGLE Ann Emington says, “The municipal water connections are now complete. Those began towards the end of February and were completed by March 19. So, all of the 18 residential wells are now hooked up to East Bay Township municipal water and the residential wells have been abandoned.”
After further investigation, they uncovered more contamination sites at Cherry Capital Airport and the U.S Coast Guard Station in Traverse City.
“They did some remedial investigation work in the area where they were sampling soil, ground water, and pond water,” says Emington.