Illicit discharges of lies? The ongoing saga of Dane County’s long overdue stormwater ordinance
Above, drainage into Starkweather Creek from the highly PFAS contaminated Dane County-owned Darwin Rd. burn pit. Back in April of…
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PFAS Poisoned Yahara Lakes
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Lakes & Watershed Commissioners clueless about public engagement…or just don’t care?
[Above: MEJO Vice President Touyeng Xiong, who grew up in the Truax neighborhood next to Starkweather Creek, speaks to the…
Lakes & Watershed Commission: Who is most burdened by PFAS? Who doesn’t have a voice? How can county policies mitigate unintended consequences?
[Above, MEJO intern Ida Jammeh testifying before the Dane County Lakes & Watershed Commission, July 19, 2018] ***** (See Part…
What is “progressive” Dane County doing about the PFAS oozing from the airport & burn pits?
[Above: Starkweather Creek storm drains from Dane County Regional Airport; photo Maria Powell] ****** Last October, Wisconsin Watch published “Something…
Water Utility General Manager misinforms Madison alders on PFAS in our drinking water
Photo from Newsweek ************* The new General Manager of the Madison Water Utility, Krishna Kumar, was invited to the November…
A miracle!?! PFAS is no longer a problem in Madison’s drinking water, says Water Utility
But is it true? No. In 2019 and 2020, the PFAS found in Madison’s drinking water was a big deal.…
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UPDATE 2: Has Dane County actually been violating its DNR stormwater permit for 26 years?
UPDATE 2: Following up (again) on my original post, looking at my old stormwater regulation notes today, I saw that…
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UPDATE: Dane County has been violating its DNR stormwater permit for 17 years
Above: Storm drains at Dane County Regional Airport, flowing through contaminated soils into Starkweather Creek. Are these city or county…
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Dane County has been violating its DNR stormwater permit for 17 years
Above: Storm drains at Dane County Regional Airport, flowing through contaminated soils into Starkweather Creek. Are these city or county…
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MEJO Report: Starkweather Creek & Toxic Stormwater Runoff in Madison, Wis.
On Earth Day, April 22, the Midwest Environmental Justice Organization released a report on its USEPA-funded Starkweather Creek Environmental Justice…
Starkweather EJ Projects
See MEJO posts about Starkweather Creek at https://mejo.us/?s=starkweather 2021 EMCC Earth Day cleanup photos **** Earth Day 2020 Midwest Environmental…
Dane County legally fights DNR PFAS stormwater regulations–with help from national anti-regulatory lobbying group
On June 3, I asked “What is “progressive” Dane County doing about the PFAS oozing from the airport & burn…
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“‘Something has to be done’ about Starkweather Creek, one of Wisconsin’s most polluted waterways”–Wisconsin Watch
Above–MEJO’s Ida Jammeh (left) talking with residents of Darbo-Worthington neighborhood about Starkweather Creek in 2018 (photo by Maria Powell). Learn…