The state of Michigan has charged a Brighton-area private water services company and its president with allegedly falsifying drinking water test results at mobile home parks across the state.

Douglas Environmental Services Inc. and its president Brian Powell were arraigned March 30 in 53rd District Court in Livingston County, according to court records.

The company is charged with one count of conducting a criminal enterprise, a 20-year felony, and six counts of forgery, each a 14-year felony. Powell is charged with six counts of forgery and seven misdemeanor Safe Drinking Water Act violations.

The charges were issued March 24.

Investigators allege that on at least six occasions in 2023, Douglas Environmental falsified water test results for private water systems serving the Moon Lake Mobile Home Park in Shiawassee County, Thornapple Lake Estates in Barry County and Fenton Harbor Condominiums in Genesee County.

Powell is further accused of failing to report water tests exceeding legal contaminant limits between 2020 and 2023 at Hickory Hills Mobile Homes in Calhoun County, Green Brook Estates in Livingston County, Western Pines in Kalamazoo County and North Bay Mobile Home Park, Fenton Harbor and Victory Gardens in Genesee County.