Sewage treatment plants pass on DNR request for PFAS testing
By Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal See entire article here.
DNR investigating foam on PFAS-tainted Starkweather Creek
By Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal Foam at boat launch at mouth of Starkweather Creek (Wisconsin State Journal photo) See entire article here.
CSWAB UPDATE: Wisconsin Groups Join Together in Call for Regulating PFAS
Today – on this national Imagine a Day Without Water – 28 environmental and social justice organizations from around Wisconsin sent a joint statement to dozens of state legislators with…
Air National Guard
Dane County Regional Airport
Fish
PFCs or PFAS
Risk Assessment
Starkweather Creek
stormwater runoff
Toxic Chemicals
Truax
Water Pollution
Wisconsin DNR
Report: Dane County airport stormwater contributing PFAS to Starkweather Creek
By Chris Chubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal New data show the Dane County Regional Airport is contributing significant amounts of hazardous chemicals known as PFAS into Starkweather Creek, which empties into…
City of Madison
Madison Gas & Electric
PFCs or PFAS
stormwater runoff
Toxic Chemicals
Water Pollution
Water quality
Wisconsin DNR
Questions Remain Unanswered Two Months After MGE Fires
By Samantha Jones, Madison Commons Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and local environmental advocates are calling for greater transparency nearly two months after fires at two Madison Gas & Electric substations in…
City of Madison
City of Madison Parks Department
Community engagement
Environmental Justice
PFCs or PFAS
Starkweather Creek
Toxic Chemicals
Truax
Wisconsin DNR
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District releasing PFAS into Reindahl Park & Starkweather Creek —with City of Madison, Dane County and DNR approval
Photo: Excavations for new sewer line on county land north of Reindahl Park on October 10, 2019 The Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD)–with permits from City of Madison and DNR–will…
Air National Guard
City of Madison
Environmental Justice
PFCs or PFAS
Public Health Madison Dane County
Risk Assessment
Starkweather Creek
Toxic Chemicals
Water Pollution
Wisconsin DNR
DNR: High levels of PFAS found in Starkweather Creek
Photo: Children catching panfish at the mouth of Starkweather Creek, summer 2018 By Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal See full article here. State environmental regulators have found high levels of…