CSWAB Receives DNR Awards

On December 16, 2002, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger was presented with a Wisconsin Clean Water Achievement Award at a reception hosted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in Madison. The special recognition program was created by the DNR to...

Groups Seek Alternative to Burning Buildings at Badger

A coalition of 31 organizations is urging the U.S. Army to seek an alternative to open burning old buildings at Badger Army Ammunition Plant.  This approach, the groups maintain, places the environment and human health at risk.  As many as 100 buildings are being...

CSWAB Asks WDNR to Set Health Standard for Perchlorates

Groundwater at Military Sites Should be Tested MERRIMAC A new report released today by Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger calls on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to set and enforce health-based standards for perchlorate a toxic chemical that is...

CSWAB Questions Hulsey’s Rationale

Dear Mr. Hulsey, We have received a copy of your memo regarding the potential for utilizing Badger Army Ammunition Plant as a “temporary secure work camp for state Probation and Parole Holds and other state prisoners.” I am contacting you, as per your...

New Tests Confirm Contaminants in Boundary Wells at BAAP

MERRIMAC — Army officials reported today that laboratory tests have detected several contaminants in boundary wells at the Northeast corner of Badger Army Ammunition Plant. Low levels of the explosive 2,6-dinitrotoluene, 2,4-dinitrophenol (a chemical used in the...