Summerville Class Action Settlement

If you have used and paid for water provided by the City of Summerville, Georgia, during the period January 2020, to January 23, 2025, your rights may be affected by a proposed Partial Class Action Settlement.

A Partial Class Action Settlement has been reached between a Class of drinking water users in the City of Summerville and one of the Defendants, Pulcra Chemicals, LLC, in the lawsuit brought against several Defendants for the contamination of the City of Summerville drinking water supply with Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (“PFAS”). The proposed Partial Class Action Settlement (“Settlement”) provides for the establishment of a Temporary Drinking Water Fund which will be used to provide temporary drinking water for members of the Class of Summerville water users who elect to receive it. You will have a choice of either delivery of bottled water or installation of a point-of-use filter in your home or business. You will not receive any direct payment as part of this Partial Settlement.

The Court in charge of this case has preliminarily approved the Partial Class Action Settlement and must conduct a final hearing (Fairness Hearing) to decide whether to approve the proposed Settlement. The Temporary Drinking Water Fund will not be established until the Court approves the Settlement and it becomes fully effective by its terms, and the time for all appeals has expired. The Court will hold a Fairness Hearing on the Settlement on April 23, 2025, in United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Richard B. Russell Federal Building & United States Courthouse, Courtroom 2108, United States Courthouse, 75 Ted Turner Drive, SW, Atlanta, GA 30303-3309.

Your legal rights and options – and the deadlines to exercise them – are explained in the Notice. If the Partial Class Action Settlement is approved, you have the right to participate. If you disagree with the Partial Settlement, you have the right to object. If the Court approves the Partial Class Action Settlement, the lawsuit will continue against the other Defendants, including 3M Company, Daikin America, Inc., E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Huntsman International, LLC, Mount Vernon Mills, Inc., The Chemours Company, Pulcra Chemicals, LLC, and The Town of Trion, Georgia. Additional relief for the Class Members may be obtained from these Defendants.

Your rights are affected whether you act or don’t act. Please read the Notice carefully. Important deadlines are:

The proposed Partial Class Action Settlement and other important documents filed with the Court can be found on this website.