WATERBURY — A judge rejected requests by Connecticut Water Co. and Aquarion Water Co. to dismiss two proposed class-action lawsuits accusing the utilities of selling drinking water contaminated with hazardous levels of PFAS, commonly known as “forever chemicals.”
Two separate lawsuits were filed, one against Bridgeport-based Aquarion Water Co., a subsidiary of Eversource that supplies water to 780,000 residents in 73 cities and towns in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Another lawsuit was filed against Connecticut Water Co., a Clinton-based company that serves approximately 350,000 residents.
The decision, handed down by Judge Daniel Klau last week, allows the cases to move forward in state Superior Court in Waterbury…