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...

WDNR Responds to CSWAB’s Concerns

PRESS RELEASE For immediate release SAUK PRAIRIE On Wednesday, February 6, WDNR officials met with representatives of Badger Army Ammunition Plant to discuss the continued exceedances of the sanitary wastewater treatment plant Total-Nitrogen (Total-N) limit. The limit...

CSWAB Update

Between April 5, 2000 and August 30, 2001, total nitrogen discharges from Badger Army Ammunition Plant’s sanitary wastewater facility violated permit limitations 133 times. Even with so-called “tweaking” of the system in recent years, it fails to meet the...

Badger Reports 133 Violations of Nitrogen Discharge Limits

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release MERRIMAC — Between April 5, 2000 and August 30, 2001, total nitrogen discharges from Badger Army Ammunition Plant’s sanitary wastewater facility violated permit limitations 133 times. Even with so-called “tweaking”...