Elevated TCE readings from Badger Ammunition Plant wells (WI)
Channel 27 News (WKOW) from Madison, Wisconsin reports:
The Badger Restoration Advisory Board is worried about groundwater on the far west side of the Sauk County plant.In a related story from a few weeks back, Laura Olah, executive director of Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger, said "the town needs to go to the county state and federal officials to insist the Army finish cleaning up the mess they made."
A recent report by Army consultants shows un-safe levels of a cancer-causing solvent called TCE have shown up in well samples since 2002.
Board members want the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to take action ensure the drinking wells near the plant are safe.
Inactive since 1976, the plant was used to make propellants for cannons, rockets and small arms.
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