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Huron River Watershed Council urges sustained PFAS monitoring and funding while noting successes and remaining cleanup work
Summary
The Huron River Watershed Council testified on PFAS, hexavalent chromium and legacy dioxin contamination in the watershed, praised recent EGLE efforts to set contaminant levels and to coordinate MPART, and urged continued funding for monitoring, dam removal and watershed planning.
The Huron River Watershed Council told the Michigan House Committee on Oversight that EGLE has played a critical role in responding to PFAS and other contamination incidents in the Huron watershed, but the council urged sustained funding and stronger monitoring capacity to protect drinking water and aquatic life.
Why it matters: The Huron River supplies drinking water to hundreds of thousands of residents and drains to Lake Erie; contamination events for PFAS, hexavalent chromium and dioxin have…
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