PFAS in Water: What to Check in Texas

Federal PFAS claims are centralized in MDL 2873 (In re: AFFF Products Liability Litigation) in the District of South Carolina (Charleston) before Judge Richard M. Gergel. Texas plaintiffs — including cities and personal injury claimants — file directly into MDL 2873 for coordinated discovery and case management against 3M, DuPont, Chemours, Corteva, and Tyco/Johnson Controls.

Texas water utilities affected by AFFF contamination from military installations — including those near Ellington Field, Dyess AFB, and Goodfellow AFB — are eligible participants.

Texas applies a 2-year statute of limitations for personal injury claims under Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003. The discovery rule tolls limitations for latent diseases (kidney cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid disease) until the plaintiff knew or should have known of the PFAS-related injury and its cause. PFAS-linked disease SoL accrual is fact-specific; claimants should consult counsel promptly upon diagnosis.

Significant Texas PFAS contamination sites include: Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base (Houston area), Dyess AFB (Abilene), Goodfellow AFB (San Angelo), Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base (Carswell), and industrial petrochemical PFAS sources along the Gulf Coast. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has identified dozens of PFAS-impacted public water systems statewide.