BRONSON, MI (WTVB) – The City of Bronson announced on Wednesday that recent testing of the City’s community water supply by both the City and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality came back as non-detect, or not found, for the presence of PFAS.
Acting out of caution, the City conducted a new test of one of the two wells the City draws its drinking water from after finding slightly elevated levels of the man-made compounds in that well.
The new test, which was received on Monday, came back with non-detect levels of PFAS. The other well had also tested non-detect.
The Michigan DEQ affirmed the City’s test results. The DEQ conducted its own tests as part of a statewide initiative to test all community and school water supplies for PFAS, which is found in many consumer products and firefighting foam.
The City received the MDEQ test results on Tuesday and they will be made available on the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team website, www.michigan.gov/pfasresponse, within a few days.
Bronson City Manager Brandon Mersman says they are “very pleased test results did not show the presence of these chemicals in our water supply”.
He says the City of Bronson is committed to providing its customers with quality drinking water. Mersman also pointed out Bronson municipal drinking water continues to meet or exceed all state and federal guidelines for clean and safe drinking water.
