The population of Rose Township was approximately 4,600 in 1990.
All residents depend on groundwater for their potable water supply.
The site properties were formerly used as farmland. Between 1966 and 1968 and intermittently in 1970, drummed wastes were transported from Detroit- area industries to the site for disposal. This site is being addressed through Federal, State, and potentially responsible parties' actions. Certain areas of the site contain vinyl chloride in the groundwater, a breakdown product of trichloroethene and perhaps other chlorinated hydrocarbons found in the site groundwater. Cleanup Progress During 1979 and 1980, the state removed 5,000 55-gallon drums of wastes found at the site.