Dec 8, 2015 | issues
CSWAB is calling for prompt re-testing of all drinking water wells in a rural neighborhood near the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant. The action follows the Army’s recent announcement that very low levels of the explosive DNT have been detected in 9 of 16...
Nov 23, 2015 | issues
State Representative Dave Considine and State Senator Jon Erpenbach have submitted a formal inquiry to the Wisconsin DNR asking for a response to a citizen petition concerning degradation products of Dinitrotoluene (DNT), an explosive used in manufacturing at the...
Nov 8, 2015 | issues
The U.S. Army is hosting a public informational meeting on groundwater quality at Badger Army Ammunition Plant on Tuesday November 17 beginning at 6 pm in the Sauk Library basement. The Army has installed 11 new groundwater monitoring wells near the eastern boundary...
Sep 29, 2015 | issues
A broad coalition of 26 conservation, hunting, social justice and environmental organizations has issued a joint letter to the Wisconsin DNR urging the agency to prioritize conservation and nature-based recreation in its pending land use plan for the Sauk Prairie...
Jul 20, 2015 | issues
CSWAB has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine if contaminants discovered at the former Badger munitions site in Wisconsin could also be present at Tennessee’s Holston Army Ammunition Plant near Kingsport. In a July 20 letter to the PCB...
Jul 13, 2015 | issues
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) petitioned the Wisconsin DNR today to establish drinking water Health Advisory Levels for 17 break-down products of the explosive compound Dinitrotoluene (DNT). Classified by EPA as a probable human carcinogen, DNT has...
