clare water supply

CITY HALL 202 W 5TH ST

The Clare Water Supply site covers most of downtown Clare, Michigan, and includes the city's municipal well field. Two of the four municipal wells show chronic contamination with low levels of chlorinated hydrocarbons, such as trichloroethene (TCE), and hydrocarbons, such as benzene. The aquifer serving the municipal wells became contaminated by multiple sources in an adjacent industrial park. The facilities in this area, located just northwest of the well field, released contaminants from leaking underground storage tanks, waste piles, sludge lagoons that spilled over during rains to surface water that recharged the well field, and from vapor degreasers that leaked through floor drains inside of one of the facilities.