December 24, 2007 - Acknowledgment from the Environmental Protection Agency that the presence of contaminants has reached West Grand Traverse Bay from a Superfund site in Greilickville has prompted a call to support an aggressive extraction and treatment plan.
Water samples from the bay surface taken by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality have detected the presence of contaminants from the long-closed commercial laundry, documenting that the contamination plume is entering the bay.
“We should all be concerned. We’re here because of the water and our tourism industry depends on the water,” said Jeffrey Shaw, whose bayfront home straddles Cedar Creek in Elmwood Township. “I think the DEQ has done the best they could given the situation.”
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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