Update: Dan River Coal Ash Spill - "Duke Energy Subsidiaries Plead Guilty"

Duke Energy Subsidiaries Plead Guilty and Sentenced for Clean Water Act Crimes...
(Julia P. VALENTINE, U. S. EPA News Release; May 14, 2015)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/12EC4ECA30BE9A5D85257E45006B4215


Scientists Studying Effects of Dan River Coal Ash Spill 
(UNC - Gillings School of Public Health)
http://sph.unc.edu/superfund-pages/news-events/news-archives/scientists-studying-effects-of-dan-river-coal-ash-spill/

Assessment of Trace Element Impacts on Agricultural Use of Water from the Dan River Following the Eden Coal Ash Spill
(HESTERBERG et al., 2014)
http://www.danriver.org/content/File/DOC041614-04162014114636.pdf



Other Coal Ash Spill Research Studies:



Environmental  Impact of Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston Coal Ash Spill  1.  Source Apportionment Using Mercury Stable Isotopes
(BARTOV et al., 2012)
http://sites.nicholas.duke.edu/avnervengosh/files/2011/08/es303111p_Bartov_etal.pdf


Environmental  Impact of Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston Coal Ash Spill  2.  Effect of Coal Ash on Methylmercury in Historically Contaminated River Sediments*
(DEONARINE et al., 2012)
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es303639d

(*) =  Article Abstract only!


The Impact of Coal Combustion Residue Effluent on Water Resources:  A North Carolina Example
(RUHL et al., 2012)
http://sites.nicholas.duke.edu/avnervengosh/files/2011/08/es303263x1.pdf


N. B.:  Please refer to "Blog Archives" for former blog posts dated March 10, 2015; February 18, 2015; March 3, 2014 and February 13, 2014 for more information regarding the Dan River/Eden Coal Ash Spill.



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