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Sep 12, 2022

Steps for Covering the Cost by Maine Water Suppliers Facing PFAS Contamination

Over the past several years, PFAS has been a major regulatory and legislative priority for many Maine Water Utilities Association’s members. In this interview, MUWA member and SL Environmental Law Group attorney Ashley Campbell shares her knowledge about PFAS as a member of the nation’s leading consortium of attorneys holding polluters accountable for PFAS contamination.

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Jul 27, 2022

Bellwether Trial Date Set for PFAS Multidistrict Litigation Lawsuit

A nationwide multidistrict litigation (MDL) lawsuit over PFAS contamination, filed by 100 water and wastewater systems, is making progress in a South Carolina federal district court. The water provider cases are one subset of approximately 2,500 + cases pending in the MDL, but the court has selected the water provider cases as bellwether cases, meaning those cases will be tried first.

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Jul 12, 2022

Impacts of a Health Advisory for PFOA and PFOS at Trace Levels

The EPA recently announced new health advisories for the two most commonly found forms of PFAS, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), to 0.004 parts per trillion (ppt) and 0.02 ppt, respectively. While it’s not entirely surprising that the new advisories cut the safe level of PFOA by more than 17,000 times, this news has prompted several questions from water suppl

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Jul 11, 2022

PFAS Contamination At Airports Is A Rising Concern

When aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, was introduced 50 years ago, its effectiveness at firefighting made it popular with emergency personnel at airports and military bases. Its effectiveness came at a cost, but airport and firefighting personnel were never told of the health consequences.

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Jun 21, 2022

Riverside County water district files lawsuit against 3M, DuPont, others over PFAS

SL Environmental Law Group has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Rubidoux Community Services District against 3M Company, E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc., and other manufacturers of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) for their involvement in the manufacture and sale of per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) that have contaminated groundwater supplies in Jurupa Valley in Riverside County, California.

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Jun 21, 2022

Rubidoux Community Services District Files A Lawsuit Against 3M, DuPont And Others Over PFAS Contamination

"Rubidoux has worked to identify and treat wells that have been contaminated with PFAS to ensure the safety of these crucial water supplies. Through this lawsuit, Rubidoux is seeking to protect the ratepayers in our service area and ensure that the costs of cleaning up these contaminants are borne by 3M, DuPont, and the other companies that sold and profited from their products containing PFAS.”

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Media Coverage

Steps for Covering the Cost by Maine Water Suppliers Facing PFAS Contamination

A Legal History of PFAS

Bellwether Trial Date Set for PFAS Multidistrict Litigation Lawsuit

Impacts of a Health Advisory for PFOA and PFOS at Trace Levels

New York Supreme Court rejects 3M's challenge to PFAS MCL

Utility Recourse Options Against PFAS Polluters

PFAS Contamination At Airports Is A Rising Concern

Riverside County water district files lawsuit against 3M, DuPont, others over PFAS

Rubidoux Community Services District Files A Lawsuit Against 3M, DuPont And Others Over PFAS Contamination

New PFAS Warnings Put Utility Reputations at Risk, Not Liability

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