Heavy Metal(loid) Contamination of Groundwater from Coal Ash Pits in Texas

Records Show 100 Percent of Texas Coal Power Plants Contaminating Groundwater  [News, Environmental Integrity Project (EIP); January 17, 2019]

http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/news/records-show-100-percent-of-texas-coal-power-plants-contaminating-groundwater/

Featured Publication:

Groundwater Contamination from Texas Coal Ash Dumps (EIP, 2019)

http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Texas-Coal-Ash-Report.pdf

Other Selected Publications:

Topics in Coal Geochemistry – Short Course (KOLKER, 2018)

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2018/1145/ofr20181145.pdf

• Appendix 2 (Corresponding Short Course Slides) for KOLKER, 2018

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2018/1145/ofr20181145_appendix2.pdf

Website:

Map Feature:  Coal Ash Contaminated Sites and Hazard Dams (EarthJustice)

https://earthjustice.org/features/map-coal-ash

 

Image retrieved from “Coal ash ponds found to leak toxic chemicals” (Duke University; June 10, 2016)

 

N. B.:  For more in-depth information on Coal Ash contamination, please refer to my  Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly “Blog Archives”.

A recent former blog post dated 6/27/2018 that might be of interest is as follows:

EPA Coal Ash Rule, Coal Combustion Residuals and Groundwater Contamination