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The USGS is working in partnership with California and federal agencies to answer the following questions about oil and gas development and groundwater resources: Where are protected groundwater resources? How close are oil and gas operations and protected groundwater, and what geologic materials separate them? Where is there evidence of fluids from oil and gas sources in protected groundwater? Where does evidence indicate no connections? When fluids from oil and gas sources are present in protected groundwater, what pathways or processes are responsible for observed transport? Have oil and gas operations as a whole contributed to water-quality changes in groundwater basins?
The Badger Army Ammunition Plant (BAAP), located in south-central Wisconsin in Sauk County, was constructed in 1942 to produce smokeless gunpowder and solid rocket propellant as munitions components for World War II. The plant operated intermittently until production ceased in March 1975. Soil and groundwater at the BAAP were impacted by several contaminants as a result of production and waste disposal practices that were common during the period of operation. The USGS, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Environmental Command, has been assessing recent groundwater quality at the BAAP. This ScienceBase community is a collection of data associated with USGS groundwater studies at the BAAP.