KALAMAZOO, MI — Residents in the city of Parchment and Cooper Township will be provided bottled water Friday morning after elevated levels of PFAS were found in Parchment’s water system.
The water should also not be given to pets.
PFAS found in Parchment drinking water at 20 times advisory level There are about 3,000 people on the city of Parchment water system, officials said.
"We fully recognize the seriousness of the situation and we recognize that people are going to have concerns," Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller said at a media event held Thursday night.
"I want to make sure everybody understands that we have a team in place that is very prepared to help the citizens," he said.
For further information, resident on the Parchment water supply system can call the Parchment water hotline at 269-567-7595 or 269-567-2517.
A short-term plan to return safe drinking water to the area will start within the next 24-48 hours/ The city of Parchment’s water supply system will be drained, according to a news release from the county’s Health and Community Services Department.
Officials plan to connect residents currently on the city of Parchment’s water supply to the city of Kalamazoo’s water supply system.
The city of Kalamazoo will flush Parchment’s water supply system until test results come back with PFAS levels below the health advisory level of 70 ppt.
Officials provided a map of the Parchment city water system, shown below.