Badger Army Groundwater Cleanup Plan Omits PFAS

Badger Army Groundwater Cleanup Plan Omits PFAS

In a formal letter to WDNR Secretary Adam Payne today, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) asks that the Department require the U.S. Army, as the acknowledged responsible party, to incorporate PFAS and other emerging contaminants in its pending...
Safe Water is Free of Military Toxics

Safe Water is Free of Military Toxics

If it feels like nothing has happened in the last few years in terms of cleanup at Badger Army Ammunition Plant – it’s because nothing much has happened.  Seriously – we checked. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), has not received any of the...
Badger Army Groundwater Study Criticized

Badger Army Groundwater Study Criticized

CSWAB Comments on the November 2019 Draft Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) for Site-Wide Groundwater Contamination at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant   January 21, 2020 BACKGROUND The Army’s preferred alternative or remedy for groundwater...
WDNR Directs Army to Remedy Expanding Groundwater Contamination

WDNR Directs Army to Remedy Expanding Groundwater Contamination

The detection of unsafe levels of explosives in a rural drinking water well near the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant has prompted State regulators to call for quick action to address expanding groundwater contamination caused by the U.S. Army. The May 15 letter...