CSWAB Leverages Limitations on Deadly WWII Munitions on Saipan

SAIPAN – EPA Region 9 has agreed to prohibit open detonation of chemical, radiological, and biological munitions that might be found on Saipan, the largest island and capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a chain of 15...

Thermal Treatment of PCB Paint Disputed

In response to growing concerns about potential air emissions from the recently-reactivated decontamination oven at Badger Army Ammunition Plant, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) has asked the Army to voluntarily stop thermal treatment of wastes...
Current Campaigns

Current Campaigns

About Badger Army Ammunition Plant (BAAP) Profound Environmental Damage Elevated Cancer Rates Cleanup Plans Abandoned Conversion to Peace Ecological Restoration Wisconsin River Watershed Regulation of Conventional and Chemical Munitions Cleanup Authority at BAAP...
Advisory Board Wants Improved Well Testing

Advisory Board Wants Improved Well Testing

In response to concerns about the presence of explosives in groundwater surrounding the Badger Army Ammunition Plant, members of the local Restoration Advisory Board are urging the Army to improve test methods for nearby residential wells.   The laboratory methods...

WDNR Chooses Cover over Cleanup

Despite objections from nearby residents, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) has approved capping the source of a massive groundwater contaminant plume that flows several miles beyond the plant boundary to the Wisconsin River just north of the...

New Groundwater Wells Will Track Explosive

In response to increasing concentrations of explosives in groundwater, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Army have agreed to install additional groundwater monitoring wells at the northeast corner of Badger...