Residential Cross Connection Control Program

Under state law all homes connected to the Plainfield Township water system that have an underground sprinkling system are required to have their backflow prevention device tested once every three years and then submit their results to the Township water department.

In the next week, the water department will send a notification letter and further information to homes that are due for testing this year. This year, the majority of the homes to be tested are located north of the Grand River and east of US 131.

New this year, homeowners are required to use an ASSE 5110-certified tester. To learn more, click here.

A map of testing locations and dates can be found here.

If any owner receives correspondence from the township, the best course of action would be to contact the management company [Gerow] with questions and/or concerns.  You can do that by reaching out to “[email protected]” or if you prefer to use the telephone, 616-433-9090.

We have been working with Google in recent months to clean up the incorrect street names in the area.  As of this morning (3/21/2018), we are happy to report that we have finally separated Legend Woods Lane, Maybeck Drive and Maybeck Court.  You should now see the correct names on Google Maps and the streets should now appear in the correct locations.  Within the next 12-24 months, car manufacturers should update their in-dash GPS units as well.  You can see the changes here:  Google Maps / Maybeck / Hillside Fix

You will need to zoom in to see the latest addition of Maybeck Court.

This correction should also help users with Android phones and Android devices using the built in navigation tools.

Per an update from your Hillside Board, here is a great resource involving the trash and recycling details for our area:  Herrington.2018_19.CALENDAR

Barring a holiday or extreme weather, our pickup day is Thursday typically after 5:30 AM.

Herrington’s reminds you to please separate your trash barrels on different sides of the driveway on recycling weeks.  Their automated trucks have a difficult time picking up the containers when they are very close to each other.

As most of you know, there has been a great deal of discussion in recent weeks and months regarding the water quality in Plainfield Township.  We do not have wells in the condo association but we wanted to provide the latest water quality report from the township.  You can see that information here: 2017_water_quality_report.  While we’re on the subject of water in Plainfield Township, you can click HERE to take a virtual tour of Plainfield Township’s water department and learn more about where our water comes from and how it’s treated.

As of February 27th, 2018, Plainfield Township has decided to join the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in a lawsuit against Wolverine World Wide:

“In a unanimous vote on Monday night, the Plainfield Township Board of Trustees approved a resolution to join a federal lawsuit brought by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality against Wolverine World Wide for its contamination of well and municipal water with PFAS.

Plainfield Trustees and residents have expressed repeated concerns over who will bear the cost to design, build and maintain what could be more than $25 million in water main extensions to provide PFAS-free water to residents.”

Since this issue directly affects our water/sewer bills, we will provide updates at a high level here for residents interested in the continuing saga.