HARTFORD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Van Buren County’s Hartford Township is the latest victim in Michigan’s PFAS drinking water issue.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy conducted tests on 59 private wells in the Hartford area and 36 of them came back with some trace of the chemical while 11 of them were reported higher than the federal PFAS advisory limit.
In fact the highest level of contamination was around 900 parts per trillion, which is about 13 times higher than the allowed 70 ppt.
Affected households have been provided filters or bottled water for the time being.
Health officials say all the municipal water and wells for the public schools showed no signs of PFAS.
The testing began after township officials found PFAS levels close to 9,000 ppt at test wells near the old Du-Wel Metal Plating facility earlier this month.
