With support from a state grant program, a school near Grand Haven, Michigan installed a new water-filtration system designed to protect students and staff from PFAS contamination in the groundwater.
In 2018, the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team’s statewide testing program alerted administrators that the school’s drinking water was found to have PFOS and PFOA, at a combined level of 119 parts per trillion (ppt) and total PFAS of 171 ppt.
After using bottled water for more than two years, the school recently completed installation, testing, and monitoring of a $161,000 ion filtration system. The school district paid for roughly 20 percent of the system cost, and a state grant covered the remaining design and installation costs.
