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In the spring 2024, EGLE received funding from an EPA Small or Disadvantaged Community grant to collect residential well samples in two areas in Michigan, one of which is in the city of Jackson. Funding was used to sample drinking water wells in the four areas identified on the map. These areas were selected because the homes are near a likely source of PFAS (for example, an airport or industrial site). The four areas were prioritized by a team of staff from EGLE, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and local health department, with input from the city and township officials. EGLE’s contractor AECOM collected drinking water well samples from residents who allowed EGLE access. Sampling was done one area at a time, starting near the likely source of PFAS and moving outward.
Groundwater flow in each neighborhood may differ, but generally will be toward water bodies such as the Grand River.
Content posted July 2025.
Residential well sampling was conducted in the four areas outlined in pink.
See an aerial view of the PFAS criteria heat map areas 1 & 2. Properties sampled for PFAS in the investigation, with green dots indicating non-detect results and yellow dots indicating detections below criteria.
See an aerial view of the PFAS criteria heat map area 4. Properties sampled for PFAS in the investigation, with green dots indicating non-detect results and yellow dots indicating detections below criteria.
Over the course of several sampling events between July 2024 and January 2025, EGLE sampled a total of 60 drinking water wells. Throughout the sampling events, EGLE made several attempts to obtain permission from property owners who did not originally respond to the letter by knocking on doors and leaving door hangers. Of the 60 drinking water wells sampled, 38 were non-detect, and 22 had detections below current criteria. DHHS made filter recommendations when applicable and provided information to property owners whose wells had detections about how to reduce exposure to PFAS.
Some residential wells were sampled in the City of Jackson as part of the following PFAS investigations: Michner Plating – Mechanic Street and Michner Plating – Angling Street.
Because no drinking water wells had detections above current PFAS criteria, no additional sampling is planned by MPART.
