We’re following the latest on a water lawsuit filed by the city of Tucson and town of Marana to protect the public from potentially negative health effects from the groundwater supply.
The lawsuit alleges 3M, a company that manufactures firefighting foam used at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, contaminated parts of the water supply in Tucson and Marana.
3M, the company the city of Tucson and Marana is suing just settled a similar water lawsuit in Minnesota for $850 million dollars.
It’s building treatment plants to go and clean up the problem that we have now and it’s also paying for maintenance for those treatment plants going forward,” Steve Kozachik Ward 6 Councilman said.
In 2017, two wells near the Davis-Monthan Air Force base were closed down.
The town of Marana also teaming up on the lawsuit had two areas in marana tested for those contaminants.
“We’ve filed a notice to intend to litigate.
Kozachik says he’s hoping the lawsuit will be settled out of court.
“Instead of having to go to court 3M does what they did in Minnesota.
That they are putting into the water supply and instead of having to litigate that they’ll settle out of court,” Kozachik said.