The 300-acre Settling Ponds Area spans more than 2 miles along the southern boundary of the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant. During active production years, these ponds received sanitary and industrial wastewater from the entire facility and surface runoff from...
CSWAB Wants State to Set Enforceable Timelines for Compliance On June 2, the U.S. Army submitted a 730-page report to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on potential remedies for groundwater contamination at and near the former Badger Army...
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...
At a public informational meeting last November, Army officials assured local residents, government officials and the Wisconsin DNR that the highest concentration of two forms of PFAS (PFOA/PFOS) detected in groundwater at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant was...
Industrial sites like the Tyco/Johnson Controls facilities in Marinette, Wisconsin are sources of PFAS groundwater contamination that has spread from these sites, threatening nearby fisheries and affecting residential wells. So far, at least 36 families have been...
“For two decades CSWAB has not only been an effective guardian of the environment around the Badger Army Ammunition Plant, but it has been in the forefront of national issues such as the burning of buildings and the establishment of standards for explosive compounds.”
Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight