Current Issues
Army’s Parting Gesture Gets WDNR’s Blessing
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...
Mercury May be Elevated in Air around Badger
CSWAB has asked the Wisconsin Division of Health to investigate a preliminary report that levels of mercury in the air near Badger Army Ammunition Plant may be elevated. According to an internal memo dated May 15, 2003, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources...
Unsafe levels of DNTs found in more private wells near Badger
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) informed CSWAB today that 2 more homes near Badger Army Ammunition Plant have levels of the explosive DNT (dinitrotoluene) above the safe drinking water standard. These homes are in addition to 2 other homes on...
Open Burning at Indiana AAP Exceeds Air Quality Standards for Lead
Recent testing by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) found that air emissions from open burning explosives-contaminated buildings at Indiana Army Ammunition Plant exceeded federal air-quality standards for lead. As a result, IDEM is expected to...
Explosives Detected in More Residential Wells near Badger
Preliminary test results show that another 7 drinking water wells serving dozens of homes south of Badger Army Ammunition Plant – located on Keller Road, the “Windings” subdivision, and near the intersections of County Z and 78, and Dam Road and Highway 78 – may have...
Army To Sample Additional Residential Wells near Badger AAP
The WDNR has asked the Army to expand the sampling program for private wells south and southeast of Badger Army Ammunition Plant in response to new data from monitoring wells along the plant fenceline. The Army will be contacting residents who live near the...
Mercury Levels Trigger Fish Consumption Advisory at Badger: CSWAB Calls for Cleanup
Certain people, who are more sensitive to mercury, should not eat fish from the Ballistics Pond at Badger Army Ammunition Plant. According to a letter sent to 20 area residents that received a permit to fish at Badger in the past, the level of mercury detected in...
Air Monitoring Plan for Badger Burning Questioned
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger is questioning the Army’s plan for monitoring toxic emissions from open burning explosives-contaminated buildings at Badger Army Ammunition Plant following a technical review by one of its consultants. The air monitoring plan,...
CSWAB Asks Army to Voluntarily Eliminate Source of Air Toxins
PRAIRIE DU SAC – A facility used to thermally treat salvaged metal objects at Badger Army Ammunition Plant is a source of toxic emissions that could be easily eliminated. According to Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger, paint on some of these items is contaminated...
Feingold Questions Army Burning
MERRIMAC – In response to community concerns about the release of contaminants during the proposed burning of buildings at Badger Army Ammunition Plant, Senator Russ Feingold has sent a letter to the U.S. Army concerning the viability of less polluting alternatives....
Neighbors Ask Attorney General to Stop Open Burning: Analysis Shows Air Emissions Will Exceed Safe Standards
Nearby residents today asked Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager to take legal action to stop a plan to open burn approximately 100 buildings at Badger Army Ammunition Plant. On behalf of Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB), attorneys with Midwest...
High Mercury Found Near Badger Plant
The Capital Times :: SATURDAY EXTRA :: 3B By Bill Novak The Capital Times Gruber's Grove Bay on Lake Wisconsin might have to be dredged again, after the state Department of Natural Resources discovered mercury in several sediment samples taken from the bay were still...