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March 30, 2005
Polluted wells in Muskegon, MI to get relief.
The state of Michigan will spend $1.3 million to extend municipal water to the Green Ridge subdivision in Laketon Township, where pollution from a nearby oil field has contaminated several residential drinking water wells.
The Green Ridge project was one of 47 environmental cleanup projects across Michigan that are intended to create new jobs and boost the state's sluggish economy. Gov. Jennifer Granholm today awarded nearly $38 million in special funding for the work.
Muskegon County will receive $2.4 million for pollution cleanup work. In addition to extending municipal water to the Green Ridge subdivision, the state will spend $500,000 to investigate groundwater contamination in the Broton Road area in Egelston Township and $600,000 to continue operating an existing groundwater treatment system at the Ott/Story/Cordova Superfund site in Dalton Township.
The Laketon Oil Field, which is suspected of fouling residential wells in the Green Ridge subdivision, has a history of oil and brine spills, according to state records.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at March 30, 2005 05:27 PM
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