Current NCCG Activities

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…

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…

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…

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…

Shut Down Water Gremlin. For those who don't know, yesterday (Aug 15), Water Gremlin refused to shut down their operations involving DCE, as requested by the MPCA. They told the MPCA "NO". And, then they requested that MPCA Commissioner, Laura…

In Response to MPCA denying Water Gremlin an Extension on Testing Pollution Control Equipment. July 14, 2019 The Neighborhood Concerned Citizens Group (NCCG) was pleased to hear the MCPA plans to begin holding Water Gremlin accountable to the terms of…

PART SIX: In May of 2019, Water Gremlin launched a site to educate the community on their pollution control fines and what they were doing for the future. This is the sixth in a series of NCCG responses to their Frequently Asked Questions.…