From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Thu, 2 Feb 2017 08:32:43 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] WATER: Former Badger Army Ammunition Plant [WI] system "might not be built" |
Merrimac residents question future of water system after Army letter by AUTUMN LUEDKE Capital Newspapers (WI) January 31, 2017 MERRIMAC - A letter form the U.S. Army sent to Sen. Ta Baldwin has some some residents here concerned a pub drinking water system near the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant might not be built. The letter, dated Jan. 17, 2017, states “Approval of the decision document that would typically start the implementation drinking water system has proven more complex than originally anticipated” and that a “team of environmental program and legal professionals at Army headquarters a Department of Defense are in the process of performing comprehensive review of the actions that led to the prop drinking water system.” That comprehensive review process has town of Merrimack resident Gene Franks worried. “I’m quite concerned the Army is trying to renege on its agreement to provide safe drinking water to the town of Merrimac,” said Franks, who is a member of the local gro Citizens for Practical Water Solutions. “A tremendous am of work has been done in the community to get to this point and without the drinking water system, we are left wond if there is a danger of it coming to our homes.” ... For the entire article, see http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/merrimac-residents-question-future-of-water-system-after-army-letter/article_f0c75bc6-dda2-514a-94ab-91cabfb04f11.html -- 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 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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