Kent County DPW sampled residential water wells at the eight homes adjacent to the closed Sparta Landfill in mid-February of this year. All laboratory results have been received and the residents have been notified of their results. All eight wells were found to have no detection of PFAS.
For more information on PFAS in northern Kent County, visit the Kent County Health Department or the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality websites.
We know that achieving our goal of 90% waste diversion by 2030 can only be done with a community effort. This is why we are hoping to expand the type of learning opportunities we offer in the future. Here are some of the ideas we’ve been working on. Community...
KENT COUNTY, MI – Kent County recently broke ground on what could be the last area in the county for burying trash if other waste diversion strategies come to fruition. County officials announced May 3 they had begun construction on the final landfill cell at the...
Grand Rapids, MI – The Kent County Department of Public Works (DPW) has begun construction of the final landfill cell, Cell 56, at the South Kent Landfill. Cell 56 will occupy last 6.1 acres of the 105.43 acres permitted for the primary municipal solid waste landfill....
