Nov 9, 2017 | issues
CSWAB has published a new map summarizing recent groundwater test results for the Badger Army Ammunition Plant area. As part of the September 2017 round of tests, the Army sampled 127 monitoring wells for solvents and the explosive dinitrotoluene (DNT). These wells...
Sep 28, 2017 | issues
CSWAB petitioned the Wisconsin DNR today to develop drinking water Health Advisory Levels for toxic compounds that have been detected in groundwater at U.S. Army Reserve Fort McCoy and other Wisconsin sites that used industrial fire-fighting foams. The petition is the...
Sep 19, 2017 | issues
WASHINGTON, DC – CSWAB is pleased to report that representatives of the Cease Fire Campaign are invited speakers at an upcoming national meeting on safer alternatives to open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) of conventional munitions. Steering Committee members...
Jul 31, 2017 | issues
On July 26, U.S. Army representatives affirmed that the military will not build the proposed public water system for Sauk County residents who live near the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant. Pentagon officials took questions from more than 80 people at the Sauk...
Jun 27, 2017 | issues
In April 2017, the Army at Badger Army Ammunition Plant tested 115 groundwater monitoring wells and two residential wells. This was a semi-annual sampling event. Following is a summary of key findings reported by the Army. Tested monitoring wells are associated with...
Jun 26, 2017 | issues
CSWAB is proud to be a co-signator on the Indigenous Statement that has been integrated into the new preamble to the United Nations Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. The draft now includes the following passage: “Mindful of the suffering of and unacceptable harm...
