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Wickes Manufacturing TCE Plume

Wickes Manufacturing TCE Plume Information Meeting, 12/7/17, 7pm, Shanty Creek Resorts, Summit Village, Bellaire Ballroom
Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy

Wickes Manufacturing TCE Plume

The Wickes Manufacturing Trichloroethylene (TCE) Plume is in Antrim County. 

Mount Clemens Industries Inc., later known as Wickes Manufacturing, used TCE in vapor degreasers as part of the manufacturing of auto parts in Mancelona from 1947 to 1967.

Waste containing TCE was discarded on the ground and in lagoons, where it seeped through the soil and became dissolved into the groundwater.

Both companies went out of business many years ago. As a results, DEQ (now EGLE) funds have been allocated to address the TCE contamination.

Fact sheets (updated December 2024)

Upcoming public engagement

Wickes TCE Plume Map
Wickes TCE Plume Map

Wickes TCE Plume Map

This map has interactive components.

Launch Map

Contact us

Agnes Taylor, TaylorA46@Michigan.gov or 989-889-4064

Jeremy Fruk, Health Department of Northwest Michigan, J.Fruk@NWHealth.org or 231-547-7660

Lisa Quiggle, MDHHS, QuiggleL@Michigan.gov or 517-284-4812