What is the occurrence of emerging contaminants, such as endocrine disruptors, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, in the Huron River, the City’s drinking water and the City’s wastewater?
Through grants from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Environment (MDNRE) in 2004 and 2005, Ann Arbor conducted one of the nation’s first comprehensive water testing of minute quantities of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and endocrine-disrupting compounds in the city’s drinking water. Most contaminants were either not detected or were found at very low levels in the Huron River. Most of the contaminants were removed or reduced by the drinking water treatment. Contaminants were found in the raw sewage. Variable removals were observed by the wastewater treatment process.
