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Coal Ash Basics

Indra Frank

Director of Environmental Health & Water Policy

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What is Coal Ash?

fly ash

bottom ash

FGD waste

boiler slag

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How much is there?

Indiana produced a total of

4.6 million tons of coal ash in 2020

US Energy Information Administration

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Coal ash sites

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Groundwater Contamination

  • molybdenum, lithium, boron, arsenic, sulfate, cobalt, antimony, radium, lead, selenium and thallium

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Coal Ash in Floodplain �with Ash in Groundwater

ASH

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Coal Ash can Spill

Kingston, TN 2008

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Coal Ash Dust

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Problems with Coal Ash

  • Millions of tons
  • Toxic heavy metals
  • Contaminates water
  • Dust hazard
  • Spills

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Coal Ash & Ohio River

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Coal Ash & White River

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Coal Ash Ponds & Lake Michigan

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