The drinking water supply for thousands of former Badger Army Ammunition Plant workers had “hundreds of direct connections” between the potable and process water distribution systems. As a result, the potential existed for contaminated process water to...
A new report released today challenges more than a dozen Army proposals to weaken cleanup goals at the closing Badger Army Ammunition Plant – a move that could save the military tens of millions of dollars in cleanup costs but would leave higher levels of ecological...
Rural neighbors of Badger Army Ammunition Plant are objecting to the Army’s recent announcement to discontinue bottled water. The decision, residents say, is premature and the Army should first complete necessary studies and testing. Dozens of residents will be...
Closed-door decision making continues to obstruct the public’s right-to-know and to participate in decisions that affect human health and the environment. As a result, the level of cleanup in certain areas in and near Badger Army Ammunition Plant is inadequate,...
MERRIMAC – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has advised two families near Gruber’s Grove Bay to not use their water for cooking or drinking after test results confirmed a hazardous chemical in their private wells. Analysis of well water detected...
Despite our best efforts, the undulating prairie landscape that this community has worked so hard to preserve will forever be marred by a monstrous earthen finger in the sky – the Army’s parting gesture to its neighbors. Due to a fundamental design error by Army...
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