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Workspace Storage Copy Data Management
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Created on Nov 15, 2026

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PFAS Drinking Water Remediation Funding Ledger

PROBLEM: On 22 June 2023, 3M announced an agreement to contribute up to $10.3 billion in present value, payable over 13 years (up to $12.5 billion depending on participation), to fund PFAS testing and treatment for U.S. public water suppliers that detect PFAS in drinking water, resolving current and future drinking-water claims in the AFFF multidistrict litigation. The settlement, approved by the court in April 2024, covers thousands of water systems, yet each system's testing results, treatment costs and payments are tracked separately, with no unified ledger.

SOLUTION: A Storage Copy Data Management ledger that records, per public water supplier, PFAS test results and dates, treatment technology installed, remediation costs incurred, settlement funds received and disbursed, and remaining eligibility, so that funding, contamination and treatment can be reconciled in one auditable record.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — 3M, 22 Jun 2023: agreement to pay up to $10.3 billion over 13 years to public water suppliers for PFAS remediation; court-approved Apr 2024.

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