Polluted Groundwater At 14 Of 14 Coal Power Plants In Kentucky Covered By New Fed Rules

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This new look at coal ash pollution comes from the power plants themselves; they were recently required to make public a first round of groundwater monitoring reports under new federal rules.

A WFPL News and Ohio Valley ReSource analysis found contaminated groundwater at 14 Kentucky power plants. That’s every power plant covered under the new federal rules. Those pollutants include known carcinogens like arsenic and radium.

Seven of the 14 sites covered under the EPA rules exceeded federal drinking water standards for arsenic. Tests at three sites showed radium levels above drinking water standards. Environmental advocates say the first round of data demonstrates contamination is ubiquitous, not just in Kentucky, but at coal ash sites around the country.

“This is one of the things about the rule that has me bashing my head against the wall because everyone can look at the data and know that there’s contamination,” said Abel Russ with the nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project. “There’s unsafe levels of arsenic, unsafe levels of cobalt, lithium whatever it is. It’s as plain as day, but the way the rules are written, they don’t have to do anything about it yet.”

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http://wkyufm.org/post/coal-ash-uncovered-polluted-groundwater-found-14-kentucky-sites#stream/0

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1. Until they need to use bottled water for their showers

I guess they can buy drinking water and pretend there's no problem.