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Massachusetts water district to get $4.9 million PFAS settlement

Massachusetts water district to get $4.9 million PFAS settlement

Water Management September 17, 2025 at 10:15 am

The Dedham-Westwood Water District in Dedham, Massachusetts, will receive more than $4.9 million in settlement funds from 3M Company through a lawsuit first filed in February 2023. The lawsuit was filed against multiple manufacturers of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) for their involvement in the manufactureRead More

Legal Corner: PFAS Legal Update – What Water Systems Need to Know

Legal Corner: PFAS Legal Update – What Water Systems Need to Know

Legal Corner, Public Utility Finance, Water Management September 1, 2025 at 3:15 pm

If you haven’t heard, there’s still a lot going on with regulatory and legal action related to PFAS and other “forever chemicals.” To get an update, we sat down with Ken Sansone, senior partner at SL Environmental Law Group, to discuss recent activity. Sansone focusesRead More

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PFAS Litigation Update

Legal Corner September 3, 2024 at 8:05 am

How Phase II Drinking Water Settlements Class Members, Wastewater Utilities and Airports Should Prepare By Mike DiGiannantonio The majority of U.S. drinking water systems affected by PFAS contamination are the beneficiaries of landmark settlements from 3M, DuPont, Tyco and BASF totaling more than $14 billion.Read More

Where do utility legal settlements for PFAS stand?

Where do utility legal settlements for PFAS stand?

Legal Corner, Water Finance April 8, 2024 at 9:01 am

By Ken Sansone & Mike DiGiannantonio With EPA’s National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for PFAS now finalized, the recently announced 3M and DuPont settlements, stemming from the ongoing Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) Multi-District Litigation (MDL) promise access to billions of dollars to cover PFAS treatmentRead More

Maine sewer district files lawsuit over PFAS-contaminated wastewater

Maine sewer district files lawsuit over PFAS-contaminated wastewater

Legal Corner, Water Finance October 30, 2023 at 7:24 am

Maine’s York Sewer District announced last week it has filed a lawsuit against 3M, DuPont and other manufacturers for the presence of PFAS in the district’s wastewater. Representing York Sewer District is SL Environmental Law Group P.C., a New Hampshire-based law firm that focuses exclusivelyRead More

3M to pay at least $10.3 billion as major PFAS settlement reached

3M to pay at least $10.3 billion as major PFAS settlement reached

Chemical manufacturing company 3M announced it has agreed to pay at least $10.3 billion in lawsuit settlements over contamination of water systems from PFAS, harmful chemical compounds the water sector has been cracking down on. If approved by the court, it would be the largestRead More

New Hampshire rebuffs 3M’s attempt to move PFAS case to federal court

New Hampshire rebuffs 3M’s attempt to move PFAS case to federal court

Legal Corner May 1, 2023 at 9:13 am

Recently, the State of New Hampshire, represented by Attorney General John Formella and a legal team led by Ken Sansone of SL Environmental Law Group, defeated an effort to move its case against 3M Company, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, and The Chemours CompanyRead More

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PFAS is Lining Up to be the Most Expensive Environmental Hazard in History

Legal Corner, Water Finance March 15, 2023 at 7:00 am

By Michael DiGiannantonio The U.S. EPA has released its proposed maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) – two common types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Under the proposed MCLs, drinking water utilities across the country would be forcedRead More

What 3M’s decision to stop making PFAS means for water providers

What 3M’s decision to stop making PFAS means for water providers

Water Management January 16, 2023 at 6:00 am

In December, 3M announced that it will stop making PFAS per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a group of thousands of chemicals it has produced for decades, by 2025. 3M’s announcement begs the questions of why the company is taking this action now, and what does itRead More

Q&A: Environmental attorneys weigh in on PFAS lawsuits

Q&A: Environmental attorneys weigh in on PFAS lawsuits

Legal Corner, Water Management December 19, 2022 at 6:15 am

When it comes to drinking water contaminants like per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), many water industry associations, including the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation, do not think that water utilities should be left with the cleanup bill. Instead, they are lobbyingRead More