Current Issues
Solution to Explosives Contamination Rejected
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) is challenging a WDNR proposal to cover up readily-accessible contamination at a major hazardous waste disposal site at Badger Army Ammunition Plant. Contaminated soils at the Propellant Burning Grounds are the source of...
WDNR Should Enforce Cleanup of Explosives
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) is urging the WDNR to respond to increasing levels of explosives in groundwater at the closing Badger Army Ammunition Plant near Baraboo. In a July 9 letter to WDNR Regional Director Lloyd Eagan, CSWAB asks for additional...
CSWAB UPDATE: Wisconsin Investigates Rare Forms of Explosive at BAAP
Four uncommon forms of the explosive Dinitrotoluene (DNT) have been detected in hundreds of monitoring and water supply wells in and around Badger Army Ammunition Plant, prompting the State of Wisconsin to look into potential health risks including cancer. According...
CSWAB UPDATE: WDNR Agrees to Demand for Safe Water
After countless phone calls, emails, and meetings, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) has finally agreed to CSWAB’s petition to initiate a process that will provide rural neighbors of Badger Army Ammunition Plant with safe drinking water guidelines...
Bringing Dairy Forage Research Center Into Compliance
After more than 17 months of pressure from CSWAB, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has set a May 1 deadline for getting the Dairy Forage Research Center Farm into compliance with state and federal laws that protect water quality. Since 2002, all Wisconsin farmers...
CSWAB UPDATE: CSWAB’s Success at Gruber’s Grove Bay
For more than 7 years, CSWAB has led a steadfast and determined campaign for the complete cleanup of toxic muck in Gruber’s Grove Bay and on November 26, the WDNR announced the completion of the project. “The river system is better off because Gruber’s Grove Bay is an...
Children at Greatest Risk from Army’s Pollution
Frustrated with the lack of response from the Wisconsin DNR, rural neighbors of the Badger Army Ammunition Plant are asking the Governor to help them get clean water. Recent testing by the Army has confirmed that as many as 23 residential wells are contaminated with...
DNT: The Importance of Testing Groundwater and Drinking Water for All Isomers
Dinitrotoluene, commonly known as DNT, exists as a mixture of two or more of its six isomers (forms). The 2,4- and 2,6- DNT isomers are the most predominant and have been used in military munitions and dye manufacture. Technical grade DNT is a mixture composed of...
CSWAB UPDATE: Army Proposes Alternative to Burning at Savanna
On November 16, the Army made a presentation to officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and Illinois EPA outlining a proposal for thermal treatment of 10 buildings at the Savanna Army Depot in Illinois – an alternative to the Army’s...
RAB Members Urge DNR To Take Action
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AN ENFORCEABLE PLAN OF ACTION IN RESPONSE TO EXCEEDANCES OF PREVENTIVE ACTION LIMITS IN GROUNDWATER AND DRINKING WATER WELLS IN AND NEAR BADGER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT October 16, 2006 WHEREAS, recent testing of private wells near the southeast...
Healthy Communities Campaign: Open Burning and Thermal Treatment of Munitions-Contaminated Waste
CAMPAIGN STATUS REPORT Burning Proposed Beginning in 2000, the Army began pressing for approval to burn hundreds of old buildings at Wisconsin’s Badger Army Ammunition Plant – a proposal that even the military admitted was not “environmentally friendly”. The Army...
BURNING PCBS WILL SET NATIONAL PRECEDENT
SUMMARY: Burning PCBs Will Set National Precedent FACT SHEET: Burning PCBs Will Set Dangerous Precedent FACT SHEET: Alternatives to Open Burning NEW JERSEY BURNS LEAVE TOXIC LEGACY NATIONAL COALITION OPPOSES MILITARY EXEMPTION PHOTOGRAPHS OF PCB PAINT AT BADGER MORE...