PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Some residents in northern Kent County should be drinking water with less PFAS in it soon.
Plainfield Township on Thursday started using new filtration systems that are expected to eventually clear out most, if not all, of the likely carcinogen from its municipal water.
The plant serves some 40,000 people in Plainfield Township and a few neighboring communities.
The township gets it water from 11 wells, each with trace amount of PFAS from an unknown source, Water Plant Superintendent Don Petrovich said.
The most recent tests found 6.5 parts per trillion of PFAS in the water being sent out to customers, far below the 70 ppt limit for drinking water. Still, residents have complained about having any amount in their water.