Company: AWK
Filing Date: 2025-10-29
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001410636-25-000173
Chunk: 129

Company: American Water Works Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-29
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 129
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 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, against manufacturers of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (collectively, “PFAS”) for damages, contribution and reimbursement of costs incurred and continuing to be incurred to address the presence of such PFAS in public water supply systems owned and operated by these utility subsidiaries and throughout their service areas. Settlements with several defendants in the MDL have received final approval by the MDL court. During the third quarter of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, the Company timely submitted to the MDL court its Phase One claim forms under settlement agreements with defendants 3M Company, The Chemours Company, Corteva, Inc., DuPont de Nemours, Inc., Tyco Fire Products LP and BASF Corporation.

As of September 30, 2025, the Company has received settlement payments from defendant 3M Company totaling $135 million, net of legal fees and administrative costs. The Company intends to seek regulatory approval from its respective PUCs to apply the net proceeds for the benefit of customers. As of September 30, 2025, these funds are being held in a law firm escrow account and are awaiting distribution to the Company’s utility subsidiaries that are parties to the MDL after receiving approval from the applicable PUCs. The funds have been recorded on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet within other current assets, as of September 30, 2025. A corresponding amount has been recorded as a regulatory liability given that the Company intends to seek appropriate regulatory approvals as noted above. The Company anticipates that, during the remainder of 2025, it may receive one or more additional settlement payments from the defendants named above.

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The Company has also become aware of a number of substantially similar personal injury short-form complaints that had been filed in the MDL naming, in addition to various other water providers and manufacturers, certain Company utility subsidiaries as defendants. The Company believes that the claims asserted are without merit and the relevant utility subsidiaries have valid, meritorious defenses to the claims. In October 2025, all MDL personal injury complaints that the Company had been made aware of were dismissed by the plaintiffs without prejudice.

Environmental, Health and Safety, and Water Quality Regulation

On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced a final National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (“NPDWR”) for six PFAS including PFOA, PFOS,