It has been one year since the U.S. Army first announced that toxic PFAS chemicals found in certain firefighting foams had been discovered in soils and groundwater at Badger Army Ammunition Plant (Badger) and area residents are looking for answers. “We are growing...
CSWAB is pleased to report that state health officials have recommended new groundwater quality standards for 18 PFAS chemicals that are currently unregulated in Wisconsin. With these new health-based guidelines in hand, it now falls to the state legislature to secure...
For almost two years now, the Army has denied appeals from neighbors of the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant to include PFAS chemicals in its residential well testing program. This week, as part of an independent review of the military’s groundwater program at...
The U.S. Army said it will “consider” state environmental regulations but will ultimately base its cleanup of any PFAS contamination at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant on less-protective federal CERCLA (Superfund) standards. If approved, the draft plan – open...
THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the December 5 public meeting on possible remedies for the groundwater contamination at Badger Army Ammunition Plant. Army officials reiterated that a new municipal water system was not an option but presented information...
“We applaud CSWAB for holding the military and the federal government accountable to ameliorate the pollution caused to local water systems by military and industrial toxins – and for continually ensuring that the community engagement process respects the viewpoints of all cultures and stakeholders.”