It boils down to broken trust. In December and January there were several incidents at Water Gremlin that would typically be considered minor for most industrial companies. However, over the past 11 months, information about the way Water Gremlin operates…
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NCCG Statement Regarding Administrative Order Allowing Water Gremlin to begin using tDCE again.
Link to 1/17/2020 Administrative Order: We are very happy employees are able to start working full time again. However, we continue to be concerned about how Water Gremlin operates their business. General expectations of good corporate citizens are that, in cases…
Self Monitoring = Anarchy & Curtailing Repeat Offenders
Two letters to the editor recently appeared in the White Bear Press. Jan Carlson"....On the basis of all that is known about the history of lead and its adverse effects on human health, it is impossible to accept that any…
Monumental Problems Require Real Change.
Another area citizen shared with NCCG her thoughts on the most recent Water Gremlin problems. Read this and hear not only her voice, but the voice of hundreds of other citizens who are asking the same questions.#########I feel compelled to…
This is why we fight.
An area citizen journaled some thoughts that have been keeping her up at night. When she shared them with a smaller group, we asked for permission to share with you. This isn’t edited perfectly; it’s her journal. But, read this…
Citizens Make a Request to the OLA
On Friday, Sept. 19, Neighborhood Concerned Citizens Group (NCCG) filed a request with the Office of Legislative Auditor (OLA) for an investigation into Water Gremlin. We are thankful to Sen. Roger Chamberlain for submitting the first request. We wanted our citizen…
Actions Speak Over Words.
Dear Water Gremlin,We are happy to see you join the conversation about your activities over the past 17+ years. It is through both conversation and meaningful change that the community can start to heal. There are statements made that the…
The community is not confused regarding tDCE.
Water Gremlin has been suggesting that the community is confused on which product they are using as there are different ‘DCE’ chemicals. (See end of post for their statement on community confusion between DCE and tDCE.) The community is not…
General Update – 9/2/19
Over the past two weeks, much has happened. The Water Gremlin coating operations, including tDCE, were shut down by the MPCA after results for testing were submitted to the MPCA by Water Gremlin. They were shut down for a number…
FROM THE MPCA on 8/19/19
Public informational meeting scheduled for August 27 As you may be aware, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) recently announced it asked Water Gremlin to voluntarily shut down its coating operations that use the solvent FluoSolv until the company takes…
