CSWAB Comments on the November 2019 Draft Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) for Site-Wide Groundwater Contamination at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant January 21, 2020 BACKGROUND The Army’s preferred alternative or remedy for groundwater...
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...
The Army has released its long-anticipated groundwater study for Badger Army Ammunition Plant, comparing possible cleanup remedies based on risk to public health. An initial review of the draft 717-page document by CSWAB quickly reveals that the study design...
The detection of unsafe levels of explosives in a rural drinking water well near the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant has prompted State regulators to call for quick action to address expanding groundwater contamination caused by the U.S. Army. The May 15 letter...
Recent laboratory testing by the U.S. Army has detected low levels of groundwater contaminants associated with the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant in several nearby residential drinking water wells. Of the 22 drinking water wells tested, five had chloroform,...
“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.”
