BENTON CHARTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Benton Charter Township found elevated levels of lead in their drinking water, after recently collecting samples from 20 homes/buildings in the community.
The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) evaluated compliance with the Action Level (a measure of corrosion control effectiveness) based on the 90th percentile of copper and lead results collected in each round of sampling.
The lead 90th percentile that was found for Benton Charter Township is 16 parts per billion, which exceeds the Action Level of 15 parts per billion…