PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, MICH. (WZZM) – Plans to bring public water to neighborhoods near a contaminated industrial dumpsite are moving forward even as the area being checked for groundwater contamination continues to grow.
State officials on Wednesday said another 300 homes with residential wells near the closed dump on House Street NE in Kent County’s Plainfield Township will be tested for a chemical used by Wolverine Worldwide to waterproof shoes.
The township recently approved preliminary design engineering to extend public water into the area.
“The map that we first put out showed the backbone loop, but we can extend it further if we need to,’’ he said.
In late May, the chemical was detected in groundwater at the Michigan National Guard’s Belmont Armory, located about a half-mile away.
Several wells tested positive for elevated levels of PFOS; one tested more than 500 times above federal health advisory levels.
Extending public waterlines to the area will cost an estimated $4 million, Van Wyngarden said.