Saturday, June 16, 2007

80 Michigan families impacted by ground and water contamination from nearby landfill

June 15, 2007 - Drinking water out of a five-gallon jug has become a way of life for Peggy Richardson.

That’s been the case for the Town of Pines resident for the past three years, as she and around 80 other town residents await the day when they’ll be hooked up to city water.

Richardson, 55, said she hopes that day comes soon, as she’s tired of washing her fruits and vegetables with the jugs of water that arrive at her home every two weeks.

However, what she heard at a meeting Thursday, in which residents were updated on the testing of groundwater and soil for contaminants from a nearby coal ash landfill, wasn’t cause for much optimism.

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