Fresno County Superior Court
In a case with disturbing similarities to the crisis in Flint, Michigan, CPM has brought suit on behalf of a proposed class of residents in Northeast Fresno related to the degradation of residential plumbing due to the City’s failure to maintain a consistent balance and resultant chemical characteristics as it introduced groundwater and treated surface water into the residential water supplied to homeowners. Research-to-date suggests that the City both failed to account for the oscillating chemical characteristics of the two water sources, and failed to adequately treat surface water it provided to residents. The result was loss of protective layers within the residential plumbing, and resulting corrosion with release of elevated levels of lead, iron, and other contaminants into the residents' drinking water. Compounding the harm, the City withheld mandated monthly reports of citizen complaints from the responsible state regulatory agency; as a result, these conditions persisted for years.
