Apr 10, 2008 | issues
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...
Mar 25, 2008 | issues
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...
Mar 5, 2008 | issues
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...
Feb 11, 2008 | issues
In written comments submitted today, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) is challenging the U.S. Army and the Wisconsin DNR to require additional environmental cleanup at the closing Badger Army Ammunition Plant before portions of the property are...
Nov 27, 2007 | issues
Merrimac, WI – A carcinogenic explosive which has been found in drinking water wells near the Badger Army Ammunition Plant should have lower standards than those proposed by the Wisconsin Division of Public Health (WDPH), a local environmental group says. According...
Sep 28, 2007 | issues
The Pentagon intends to challenge Wisconsin in regulating all forms of the explosive dinitrotoluene (DNT), Army officials announced on Monday. Wisconsin is the first state in the nation to establish health-based guidelines for the pervasive military toxin that has...
