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3523 Heights-Ravenna Road (Muskegon, (Fruitport Township) Muskegon County)
Please contact the Site Lead for the most up-to-date status of this site.
EGLE site lead
Peter Van Heest, VanHeestP@Michigan.gov or 616-439-8019.
Background
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.
Drinking water
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.
Anticipated activities
EGLE will sample the drinking well water at homes within the sample area where the homeowners agree to allow sampling.
Historical timeline
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2021