ALGOMA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A new highest level of PFAS found in a private well in West Michigan is not next to Wolverine Worldwide’s former House Street dump.
The state said Tuesday that tests found more than 58,930 parts per trillion of PFAS in a private well in Algoma Township, on 11 Mile Road NE east of US-131.
That’s 842 times the state’s 70 ppt standard for drinking water.
The previous high was reported at nearly 38,000 ppt of the likely carcinogen at a home directly across the street from the House Street dump, where Wolverine dumped sludge laced with PFAS until 1970.
“We were of course surprised to see a number come back that high,” Michigan Department of Environmental Quality spokeswoman Melanie Brown told Target 8 Tuesday. “It’s certainly the highest for this area so far.”
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