COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Director of Environmental Health Paul Andriacchi reported to the Community Health Agency’s Board of Health on Thursday that the Type I water supply for the Countryside Mobile Home Court off of North Fillmore Road south of Stickney Road has tested positive for PFAS chemicals and they have been working with state environmental officials and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on the matter.
A Type I public water supply provides year-round service to no fewer than 15 living units or regularly provides year-round service to no fewer than 25 residents.
Andriacchi explained all Type I supplies in Michigan are regulated by the state and not local health departments but they were contacted by the M.D.H.H.S. to see if they would test some of the wells in the area around the mobile home court.
But the state said they would not reimburse the local agency.
Andriacchi says a timeline has not yet been set for testing but at this point, it is still in the state’s hands.
Andriacchi added he was recently contacted by a family in Mendon experiencing some health issues that they believed to be associated with the PFAS site at the Lear Siegler plant. He contacted EGLE and the M.D.H.H.S. and the state agencies plan on doing an investigation and sampling for PFAS and possibly other contaminates in the area.
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