Please click on the media articles linked below to find out more about our firm, the mounting challenges water suppliers face in trying to keep their water clean, and our past and present work helping them to do so. For a more in-depth look at what we have accomplished for our clients, please visit our\u00a0Success Stories<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

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• SJV Water, 2.24.22<\/a>: “Massive dollars” needed to clean tainted groundwater from Kern County’s banking projects<\/li>\n
• Reuters, 11.2.2021<\/a>: California farm town lurches from no water to polluted water.<\/li>\n
• San Francisco Chronicle, 5.18.2021<\/a>:\u00a0 Central Valley water districts get OK to sue Dow, Shell over groundwater pollution.<\/li>\n
• SJV Water, 11.4.2020<\/a>:\u00a0 Expiration dates looming for TCP lawsuits.<\/li>\n
• SJV Water, 9.8.2020<\/a>:\u00a0 Proposed $171 million Central Valley groundwater bank faces TCP contamination.<\/li>\n
• SJV Water, 9.1.2020<\/a>:\u00a0 Tainted valley groundwater could stymie banking deals.<\/li>\n
• California Association of Mutual Water Companies, February 2019 Newsletter<\/a>:\u00a0 State beats back legal challenge to 1,2,3-TCP MCL.<\/li>\n
• VPR (Public Radio for Central California), 8.14.2018<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0To pay for 1,2,3-TCP cleanup, a viable strategy: sue.<\/li>\n
• Fox 40 News, 8.13.2018<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0Notice about toxic chemical has residents worried about Manteca\u2019s drinking water.<\/li>\n
• Fresno Bee, 6.13.2018<\/a>:\u00a0 Cancer-causing chemical found in Tulare tap water.\u00a0 Now what?<\/li>\n
• Water Deeply, 8.10.2017<\/a>: \u00a0California’s plan to tackle a carcinogen widespread in water: Decades after declaring 1,2,3-TCP a carcinogen, California is finally regulating the toxin. \u00a0But the cost of remediation will be high and communities are turning toward litigation to pay for water treatment.<\/li>\n
• KQED (Public Radio for Northern California), 7.25.2017<\/a>: \u00a0California decides all drinking water must test for a toxin. \u00a0But who pays?<\/li>\n
• CBS SF Bay Area, 7.25.2017<\/a>: \u00a0“Insidious” drinking water carcinogen has California water customers facing rate hikes.<\/li>\n
• NBC’s Today Show, 7.18.2017<\/a>: \u00a0California votes to regulate toxic chemical that could be in water nationwide.<\/li>\n
• NBC Bay Area, 5.11.2017<\/a>: Nearly a million Californians exposed to pesticide chemical linked to cancer in their drinking water.<\/li>\n
• Sacramento Bee, 5.8.2017<\/a>: California proposes stringent cap on toxic chemical in drinking water.<\/li>\n
• California Healthline, 4.27.2017<\/a>: California proposes stringent cap on toxic chemical in drinking water.<\/li>\n
• Environmental Working Group, 4.11.2017<\/a>: \u00a0Cancer-causing pesticide “garbage” taints tap water for millions in California.<\/li>\n
• HBO Vice News, 3.15.2017<\/a>: Something in the water: California is finally going to regulate a chemical it identified as carcinogenic 25 years ago.<\/li>\n
• Water Deeply, 3.4.2017<\/a>: \u00a0California set to regulate carcinogen in water for decades: Hundreds of drinking-water wells across California\u2019s San Joaquin Valley have been found to contain 1,2,3-trichloropropane, a likely human carcinogen. This month, the state has taken a big step forward in regulating the\u00a0chemical.<\/li>\n
• Chemistry World, 1.9.2017<\/a>: Shell fined $22m for drinking water contamination.<\/li>\n
• KQED (Public Radio for Northern California), 12.27.2016<\/a>: Clovis Water Verdict Could Boost Cases of Neighboring Valley Communities.<\/li>\n
• Fresno Bee, 12.21.2016<\/a>: \u00a0Clovis wins $22 million against Shell Oil over toxic drinking water.<\/li>\n
• San Francisco Chronicle, 12.8.2016<\/a>: \u00a0State water board must set limit on carcinogen in water.<\/li>\n
• California Water Journal, Summer 2016<\/a>: \u00a0Rural Water Agencies Impacted by 1,2,3-TCP, the Next Contaminant to be Regulated in California, Can Sue Responsible Parties to Recover Costs.<\/li>\n
• Pacific Standard Magazine, 5.4.2016:<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Unknown, Unregulated, Undrinkable: A probable human carcinogen has been found in water systems throughout California. \u00a0Farm towns are fighting the state and chemical companies for remediation.<\/li>\n
• KQED (Public Radio for Northern California), 3.7.2016:<\/a> \u00a0There’s a Cancer-Causing Chemical in My Drinking Water, But California Isn’t Regulating It.<\/li>\n
• The Washington Post, 9.25.2015:<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Cities bear rising costs of keeping water safe to drink.<\/li>\n
• Courthouse News Service, 4.1.15:<\/a>\u00a0 Water District Sees Carcinogens at the Tap.<\/li>\n
• ABC-TV Channel 30, 2.3.15:<\/a>\u00a0 Livingston Gets State of the Art Water Filtration System.<\/li>\n
• San Francisco Daily Journal Article, 8.20.12:<\/a> Plaintiff lawyers focus on TCP. Cancer-causing chemical in drinking water has triggered recent litigation.<\/li>\n
• Fresno Bee, 8.7.12: Earth Log:<\/a> Valley lawsuits multiply over TCP in water.<\/li>\n
• Fresno Bee, 4.21.12<\/a>: \u2018Garbage\u2019 chemical TCP threatens Valley water.<\/li>\n
• San Francisco Daily Journal Newswire, 7.30.13:<\/a> Gutted by partner departures, Sher Leff fills the holes. Two more attorneys leave the San Francisco plaintiffs’ firm for their own shop, while Sher Leff is promoting from within.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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