[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: Remediation or Public Water at Badger Ammo Plant (WI)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Press Release
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger
May 3, 2011

Army should provide rural residents with better choices


The Army has just released a report which asks the public to choose  
between three alternative solutions to groundwater contamination in  
and around Badger Army Ammunition Plant. A 90-day clock is ticking to  
choose either a new municipal drinking water system or continued  
active steps to clean and protect groundwater, wetlands, rivers and  
streams.

So how do we pick? A public water system, which would serve residents  
to the south and east of Badger in the rural towns of Prairie du Sac,  
Sumpter, and Merrimac, will prompt a phased shutdown of active  
groundwater treatment systems. The other two alternatives are  
continued cleanup of groundwater using carbon filtration or  
bioremediation using naturally occurring organisms.

The Army’s preferred choice, having the lowest cost to the military,  
is a public water supply system. However we live an agricultural  
community and successful farming relies on clean groundwater. While a  
municipal water system will provide drinking water for rural homes,  
local farms and dairies will continue to rely on their own wells to  
successfully run their operations.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=235288

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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