Legal Opinion
Suffolk County Water Authority v. Dow Chemical Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 18, 2012PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Emily Pines, J.
Introduction
Plaintiff Suffolk County Water Authority (SCWA) owns and/or operates public drinking water systems and supplies drinking water to thousands of residents and businesses in Suffolk County, New York. It is the largest groundwater supplier in the nation and serves more than one million Suffolk County residents.
In this action, SCWA claims that the toxic chemical perchloroethylene (PCE), and its degradation products trichloroethylene (TCE) and dichloroethylene (DCE), contaminate many of its drinking water supply wells. As a result of this…
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