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“ROCKFORD, Mich. — On Thursday, residents of Cannon and Courtland Townships heard an update from the state on its now yearlong investigation into new PFAS detections in area residential wells.
Near the main offices of Wolverine Worldwide, along and to the east of Courtland Drive — from 12 Mile Road in the north to the Luton Park area in the south — nearly 200 private wells were tested by EGLE and the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team. Of these wells, PFAS were detected in 59 of them, 24 of which exceed the state’s standard for safe drinking water.
First discovered in two shallow groundwater wells at 5312 11 Mile Road in 2023, the scope of the PFAS site has expanded to an area of multiple square miles as additional wells have yielded positive results.”…