The Results

The original Bay Harbor development significantly improved the environment.  Current efforts are providing even more protection for Northwest Michigan's natural resources.

The collection lines installed at Bay Harbor and East Park are monitored regularly to determine their performance in eliminating pH readings above 9 in the lake. That monitoring is done using methods developed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The system is performing extremely well with readings routinely less than pH 9 over the vast majority of the site.  While there may be occasional pH readings above 9 in the future, recent results are a dramatic contrast to the dozens of pH readings above nine that were recorded in 2005, before CMS Land began its work at the site.

“These important environmental accomplishments are the result of a lot of hard work and substantial investment,” said CMS Land President David Mengebier. “The June reopening of East Park, the lifting of several health advisories, and these most recent results demonstrate that the remedies we have installed over the past five years are working well.”

Additionally, CMS Land estimates that when it is done installing all of its proposed remedies, trace amounts of mercury making its way to the lake will be reduced about 80 percent; to about the weight of two nickels a year.