Hearings inspired by the PFAS contamination in the water system of Parchment could be held soon in Congress. The Kalamazoo County community was unable to use its local water for weeks when the chemical PFAs was found in dangerously-high levels. Residents got the green light to drink the water again this week, and Congressman Fred Upton tells WSJM News he wants leaders in Washington to learn from what happened.
“I expect to have a number of different congressional hearings on PFAs in the next couple of weeks,” Upton said. “I know that there’s one scheduled in the Senate for the end of September, and we’re likely to have a hearing before my committee as early as next week.”
Upton says the response to the PFAS situation in Parchment is a text book example of how such situations should be handled. More than 1,200 cases of bottled water were brought to Parchment each day throughout the crisis. The community is now getting its water from the city of Kalamazoo.
