Please contact the Site Lead for the most up-to-date status of this site.
Kevin Wojciechowski, WojciechowskiK@Michigan.gov or 586-623-2948
Kleen Gene's Laundromat, located at 402 South Bringold Avenue, is open to the public year-round and discharges treated wastewater to the groundwater under a state Groundwater Discharge Permit. The on-site treatment system consists of two treatment lagoons. The treated wastewater is discharged to the groundwater via spray irrigation.
As part of a statewide sampling effort in Fall 2021, EGLE sampled the on-site water supply well (i.e., the influent), the wastewater in the final lagoon (i.e., the effluent), and two groundwater monitoring wells. PFAS was detected in the influent, effluent, and one of the monitoring wells. The single monitoring well exceeded the Part 201 groundwater cleanup criteria for PFOA. The highest result was 42.5 parts per trillion (ppt) PFOA.
Groundwater flows to the southwest. The PFAS contamination found in drinking water north, and upgradient of the site indicate the PFAS is from another source(s). Lake George and Shingle Lake were both sampled for PFAS. Shingle Lake was non-detect and Lake George had some detections but none above water quality values.
Content updated September 2024.
The drinking water well at the Kleen Genes Laundromat was sampled as part of the 2021 EGLE statewide sampling effort and had minor detections of PFAS below drinking water criteria.
To look at the larger drinking water sampling effort EGLE has conducted in the Lake George area please visit the Lake George Area of Interest.
EGLE will work with Kleen Genes on their delineation of the PFAS plume associated with the laundromat operations.
