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[Above: Truax/East Madison Community Center teens with MEJO leaders in early 2020 near Starkweather Creek where we tested PFAS in…
Photo from Newsweek ************* The new General Manager of the Madison Water Utility, Krishna Kumar, was invited to the November…
But is it true? No. In 2019 and 2020, the PFAS found in Madison’s drinking water was a big deal.…
[Above, storm drains discharging into Starkweather Creek from the PFAS-soaked Truax Field. Photo-Maria Powell] “Something has to be done immediately”…
(Above: Sign about 1992-93 Starkweather Creek remediation near O.B. Sherry Park; photo by Maria Powell in 2018) “After 50 years…
Above, drainage into Starkweather Creek from the highly PFAS contaminated Dane County-owned Darwin Rd. burn pit. Back in April of…
Above: Eric Xiong from the Truax apartments fishing at Starkweather Creek where it enters Lake Monona in Olbrich Park (Photo,…
Above, Amy Tutwiler, attorney with Dane County Corporation Counsel Last week Abigail Becker of the Cap Times reported on the…
On May 10, F-16s from Madison’s Air National Guard Truax Field took off while MEJO’s Touyeng Xiong was teaching kids…
UPDATE 2: Following up (again) on my original post, looking at my old stormwater regulation notes today, I saw that…
Above: Storm drains at Dane County Regional Airport, flowing through contaminated soils into Starkweather Creek. Are these city or county…
Above: Storm drains at Dane County Regional Airport, flowing through contaminated soils into Starkweather Creek. Are these city or county…
A couple weeks ago, we posted this article asking whether the Wisconsin Air National Guard (WIANG) will follow DNR laws…
MEJO’s Jim Powell and Touyeng Xiong teach kids how to put bait on fish hooks at the Olbrich Park fishing…
Maria Powell, Cap Times op-ed Photo above: Starkweather Creek going through Truax Field The final environmental impact statement (EIS) on…