OSCODA, Mich. (AP) — Federal grants totaling $1 million will help residents of the Oscoda area in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula whose well water might be contaminated to connect to the municipal drinking water system.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture grants are intended for homes where groundwater may be polluted with toxic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
PFAS chemicals are contained in firefighting foam that was used at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base .
U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee of Flint Township says the Air Force has taken too long to clean up the contamination.
Oscoda Township will receive $750,000 in water and waste disposal loans and grants and $250,000 in emergency community water assistance grants.
— Associated Press
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