Clean Water
Providing Solutions
Our role in clean water
Prein&Newhof provides water testing so that you can know what’s in your water. We can help you understand the results and, if necessary, help you take the next step. For example, we have worked with Plainfield Township to remove PFAS from its municipal drinking water system via a Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) pilot program at its drinking water treatment plant. The state of Michigan awarded funds to assist Plainfield Township accomplishing this goal. Since then, we have overseen the transfer of hundreds of residential water services from private wells to water main, providing treated water from Plainfield’s water treatment plant to several neighborhoods in nearby communities.
PFAS in Drinking Water
PFAS are a large group of man-made chemicals that are resistant to heat, water, and oil. For decades, they have been used in many industrial applications and consumer products such as carpeting, waterproof clothing, upholstery, food paper wrappings, fire-fighting foams, and metal plating.
Learn more about PFAS from the EPA.
Please see Michigan.gov for the current Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for the State of Michigan.
Current sampling activity and reporting can be viewed on the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) website.
P&N has the capability to sample and test for PFAS. You can contact our Laboratory to get your home or water system tested.
If your well does contain PFAS above the EPA health advisory level, you should contact your local county health department.
Since 1969, P&N has worked with municipal and private clients to address water quality, distribution, and discharge challenges, always with the public’s health as the top priority. Water supply continues to be an area of service we provide, and we have helped multiple communities address issues with PFAS and lead in recent years.
