Laboratories Offering Home Testing
PFAS MCLs and Drinking Water
Statewide Testing Initiative
PFAS Sites and Areas of Interest
There are two major classes of firefighting foam: Class A and Class B. Class B is also called Aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) and is usually created using PFAS. It is a highly effective foam used for fighting high-hazard flammable liquid fires, like gasoline, oil, and jet fuel.
Wastewater Treatment Plants / Industrial Pretreatment Program
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East Jordan Disposal, located at 700 Nichols Street, is a closed municipal landfill/transfer station that served the city of East Jordan. For over 20 years, a clay-lined oil storage pit at the entrance to the landfill was used for firefighter training in extinguishing oil fires. In 1980, contaminated soils from the oil pit were excavated. In February of 2024, during an EGLE Brownfield Site Assessment grant, groundwater monitoring wells around the former landfill were sampled. The highest PFAS detection was 40 ppt PFOS (compared to 16 ppt Drinking Water Criteria and 12 ppt Water Quality Value) and 17 ppt PFOA (compared to 8 ppt Drinking Water Criteria).
Groundwater flow is expected to be to the southeast. Brown’s Creek is located approximately 150 feet west of the site.
Content posted May 2024.
See an aerial view of the location of the site.
EGLE, DHHS, and local health have verified there are no downgradient residential wells in the area. Homes in the area are on municipal water. There is an irrigation well at the south-adjoining East Jordan High School. The local health department, Health Department of Northwest Michigan, contacted East Jordan High School concerning their irrigation well. The irrigation well is only connected to an in-ground sprinkler system.
None currently.