Current Issues
Open Burning Proposal Ignores Risks to Children and Infants!
The DNR’s assessment of cancer risks associated with inhalation of toxic emissions from open burning buildings at Badger only evaluated risks to adults. In addition to other omissions -- including no assessment of non-cancer risks, ecological risks, environmental...
Baldwin Asked to Help Find Safe Alternative to Burning
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger is asking Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin to help find a safe alternative to open burning of as many as 100 explosive-contaminated buildings at Badger Army Ammunition Plant – a proposal that will cause more pollution at the closing...
Groups Join Opposition to Burning Buildings at Badger
A coalition of 31 environmental, health, peace, conservation, and social justice groups organized by CSWAB is urging the U.S. Army to seek an alternative to the open burning of old buildings at Badger Army Ammunition Plant. This approach, the groups maintain, places...
CSWAB and BAAP In the Media
CSWAB Communication & Press Releases CSWAB Receives DNR Awards - December 16, 2002 CSWAB Asks WDNR to Set Health Standard for Perchlorates: Groundwater at Military Sites Should be Tested - May 10, 2002 CSWAB Questions Hulsey's Rationale - March 28, 2002 CSWAB...
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...
Open Burning of Buildings at Badger: A Solution or More Pollution?
On June 19, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) met privately with representatives of the U.S. Army, General Services Administration, and Plexus Scientific Corporation, a consulting firm working for the military. The Army, as part of the...
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 letter, for more...
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 Daily...