Coal Ash Pond Failure in Wimington NC

Right here in North Carolina a coal ash pond at Progress Energy’s Sutton Plant near Wilmington was breached on Monday.

Monday’s heavy rains may have been a factor in the failure, but there is another wave of heavy rains coming to the region today and tomorrow that may cause even more problems.

for more information on the spill you can check out the Wilmington Star’s article here.

Cape Fear Riverkeeeper, Kemp Burdette is investigating the situation. We will post updates as they are available.

This comes spill at a time when the EPA is considering regulating coal ash as a hazardous waste, in the wake of the Kingston Tennessee Spill that released over 1 billion gallons of toxic coal ash into the Clinch, Emory and Tennessee Rivers two years ago.