Please contact the Site Lead for the most up-to-date status of this site.
Peter Van Heest, VanHeestP@Michigan.gov or 616-439-8019.
3523 Heights-Ravenna Road site operated as a commercial laundromat from around 1981 to around 2005. The wastewater from the laundromat was discharged to a groundwater infiltration lagoon behind the building. Information contained in a Baseline Environmental Assessment submitted by a new property owner in August 2021 as part of the property transaction documented PFAS at concentrations above groundwater clean-up criteria in three of four groundwater samples collected near the former wastewater lagoon. The highest PFOS result was 221 ppt and PFOA was 134 ppt. A surface water sample collected from the lagoon had detections of PFOA at 81 ppt, PFOS at 18 ppt, and PFNA at 9 ppt.
Based upon topography, groundwater flow is expected to be generally to the northwest towards Black Creek (approximately 0.7 miles away).
Content posted November 2021.
See an aerial view of the location of the site.
Municipal water is available in the area; however, it is not available on every street and some homes are still serviced by drinking water wells.
EGLE will sample the drinking well water at homes within the sample area where the homeowners agree to allow sampling.
|
Type of Sample |
Date Sampled (or Range) |
Numberof Sample Results Received |
Number of Samples above Criteria* |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Groundwater Monitoring Wells |
March 19, 2021 (received by EGLE August 2021) | 4 | 3 |
| Residential Wells | September 2, 2021 | 9 | 1 |
| Surface Water | March 19, 2021 (received by EGLE August 2021) | 1 | 1 |
*Residential well and groundwater monitoring well results are compared to EGLE Part 201 criteria for 7 PFAS compounds effective 12/21/2020: PFOS (16 ppt), PFOA (8 ppt), PFNA (6 ppt), PFHxS (51 ppt), PFHxA (400,000 ppt), PFBS (420 ppt), and HFPO-DA (370 ppt).
*Surface water samples are compared to Rule 57 non-drinking water values of 12 ppt for PFOS and 12,000 ppt for PFOA.
