Laboratories Offering Home Testing
PFAS MCLs and Drinking Water
Statewide Testing Initiative
PFAS Sites and Areas of Interest
There are two major classes of firefighting foam: Class A and Class B. Class B is also called Aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) and is usually created using PFAS. It is a highly effective foam used for fighting high-hazard flammable liquid fires, like gasoline, oil, and jet fuel.
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In the spring of 2024, EGLE received funding from an EPA Emerging Contaminants Small or Disadvantaged Community grant to collect residential well samples in two areas in Michigan, one of which is in Blair Township. Funding will be used to sample drinking water wells in the area identified on the map. This area was selected because there are numerous homes downgradient of a fire training center, and firefighting foam containing PFAS was sometimes used at fire training centers.
EGLE’s contractor AECOM will collect residential well samples from residents who grant access, starting with homes closest to the fire training center. The project team—consisting of EGLE, Department of Health and Human Services, and Blair Township, will review the first set of sampling results and determine any next steps which may include expanding the sampling area farther downgradient.
Groundwater is believed to be moving in a northeast direction. Soils are predominantly sand and gravel, making the residential wells in this area more vulnerable to contamination than if there was a protective clay layer.
Content posted June 2024