WDNR Nervous About Pushing Military on Cleanup

Escalating pressure from the Department of Defense has prompted administrators at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to step back from an order which would have made the Army responsible for testing contaminated soils for all six isomers (forms) of...

CSWAB Gains Better Soil Testing for Explosives

State regulators have ordered the U.S. Army to improve soil test methods for a carcinogenic explosive that has contaminated groundwater and drinking water wells in rural communities near Badger Army Ammunition Plant. The precedent-setting decision by the Wisconsin...

CSWAB Petitions for Better Testing for Explosives

Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) has made a formal request to state regulators asking that soil testing requirements at Badger Army Ammunition Plant be updated.  The recommendation follows the adoption of new state groundwater standards for all six...

WDNR Says Army Exit Plan Must Restore Environment

State regulators have determined that a water supply system proposed by the U.S. Army as the primary final remedy for groundwater contamination at Badger Army Ammunition Plant could help protect public health but, by itself, will not meet environmental protection...

Army Should Provide Rural Residents with Better Choices

The Army has just released a report which asks the public to choose between three alternative solutions to groundwater contamination in and around Badger Army Ammunition Plant. A 90-day clock is ticking to choose either a new municipal drinking water system or...