[CPEO-BIF] Junker Landfill, towns of Hudson and Warren, Wisconsin

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Dept. of Natural Resources: To host informational meeting regarding special well casing depth area in the towns of Hudson and Warren

Wisconsin Deptartment of Natural Resources
February 15, 2023


MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is hosting an informational meeting regarding trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination and the Special Well Casing Depth Area (SWCDA) in the towns of Hudson and Warren in St. Croix County. The meeting will be Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at Hudson High School at 5:30 p.m.

The informational meeting will include updates from the DNR and Department of Health Services (DHS). Topics covered will include a brief history of the contamination affecting the area, an overview of the areas included within the SWCDA, and a change to the funding status of the Junker Landfill portion of the SWCDA.

The SWCDA is an area within the towns of Hudson and Warren where comingled plumes of contamination from three nearby sites caused drinking water wells to become contaminated with TCE. The comingled groundwater plume encompasses approximately six square miles (4,000 acres). Approximately 600 private drinking water wells are located within this area.

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For the entire release, see
https://www.wispolitics.com/2023/dept-of-natural-resources-to-host-informational-meeting-regarding-special-well-casing-depth-area-in-the-towns-of-hudson-and-warren

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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