Jul 20, 2018 | issues
In response to Wisconsin DNR concerns about increasing concentrations of the explosive dinitrotoluene (DNT) in groundwater near Badger Army Ammunition Plant, the Army will be increasing the frequency of groundwater and drinking water sampling in several areas at and...
May 26, 2018 | issues
The Office of the Secretary of the Army recently submitted its report to the Senate Appropriations Committee on the status of environmental cleanup at Badger Army Ammunition Plant. The May 16 report, requested by U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, affirms the military’s...
May 15, 2018 | issues
In solidarity with affected communities across the U.S., CSWAB has prepared formal comments to EPA calling for improved screening of municipal and residential drinking water for PFAS, a group of highly toxic compounds found in firefighting foams used by the military...
Apr 18, 2018 | issues
Tammy Baldwin and two dozen other U.S. Senators have co-signed a letter urging the U.S. EPA to establish enforceable and protective standards for a group of highly toxic chemicals that have contaminated groundwater and drinking water wells in communities across the...
Mar 14, 2018 | issues
On behalf of concerned residents, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin has requested and recently received an update on the Army’s pending cleanup of mercury-contaminated sediments at Gruber’s Grove Bay on Lake Wisconsin. The contamination was caused by the direct discharge of...
Mar 5, 2018 | issues
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has taken the first step in establishing standards for currently unregulated contaminants that threaten the state’s groundwater – the source of drinking water for two-thirds of people living in Wisconsin. The Department’s...
