Pellston Village President James Gillett said enough residents have responded positively in a survey to a proposed municipal water system that the project will take the next step.

The planned $44 million municipal water system, which would be built debt-free to help address PFAS contamination, gained the support of 87% of village residents who have a well in survey responses that initially had a Dec. 1 deadline and which has now been extended to Dec. 31.

"We had to meet a threshold of 51% of homeowners with wells in the village limits and we exceeded that number easily, so we can now proceed with the layout and engineering to get this going," said Gillett.

The Health Department of Northwest Michigan first reported an elevated presence of PFAS in Pellston water in 2020. The contamination

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