[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Low PFAS levels found in major Lake Huron drinking water system" (MI)

[Lenny Siegel]

Low PFAS levels found in major Lake Huron drinking water system

By Garret Ellison
MLive (MI)
February 22, 2018


AU GRES, MI -- Low levels of toxic flourochemicals have been verified in a seven-county Lake Huron bulk drinking water supply system that serves more than 260,000 people in Midland, Saginaw, Bay City and dozens of other Michigan communities.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality disclosed the discovery of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances called PFAS or PFCs in the Saginaw-Midland Municipal Water Supply Corporation (SMMWSC) system on Wednesday, Feb. 21.

The municipal utility system draws Lake Huron water through two intakes off Whitestone Point near Au Gres, where the contaminants were discovered in finished water last year.

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http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/02/pfas_lake_huron_saginaw-midlan.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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