COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater Board of Public Utilities says tests on their water supply by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality showed that the amount of PFOA and PFAS was less than 10 parts per trillion, which is below the Environmental Protection Agency’s Lifetime Health Advisory level of 70 parts per trillion.
City officials called the findings a good report in a press release they issued Wednesday.
The complete test results can be found on the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team website which is www.michigan.gov/pfasresponse.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has been conducting tests of drinking water around the state from all schools that use well water and from community water supplies.
The Village of Quincy recently announced that an analysis by the Michigan D.E.Q. showed that there was no PFAS contamination in the village water supply. Samples taken from the city two wells in Bronson also came back negative.
According to the Michigan D.E.Q, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large group manmade chemicals that are resistant to heat, water, and oil. PFAS have been classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an emerging contaminant on the national landscape.
For decades, they have been used in many industrial applications and consumer products such as carpeting, waterproof clothing, upholstery, food paper wrappings, personal care products, fire-fighting foams, and metal plating. They are still used today.
PFAS have been found at low levels both in the environment and in blood samples of the general U.S. population.
