PARCHMENT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A multi-million dollar settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed over high levels of PFAS contamination in drinking water in Parchment and Cooper Township.
The water crisis came to light in July of 2018. Tests at the time showed that PFAS levels in Parchment’s water system and some wells in Cooper Township were 20 times higher than what is considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency. Residents were immediately given bottled water at distribution sites while work was done to transfer the city into Kalamazoo’s water system.
The lawsuit was filed a few months later on behalf of residents as the contamination came from the former paper mill which has been shuttered for decades. In a statement, Georgia-Pacific says it will dish out a total of $11.9 million to resolve the claim and avoid further litigation.
It’s unclear yet how much money residents could get or when.
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