Green Options » TWRA http://greenoptions.com/tag/twra Posts tagged 'TWRA' Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:40:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Brace For Impact: Wildlife Study to Measure Ash Spill Effects http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/07/brace-for-impact-wildlife-study-to-measure-ash-spill-effects/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/07/brace-for-impact-wildlife-study-to-measure-ash-spill-effects/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:40:41 +0000 Marika Collins http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/07/brace-for-impact-wildlife-study-to-measure-ash-spill-effects/ TVA Coal Ash Spill Site

Officials at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) are bracing themselves for a long-term wildlife study at the TVA spill site. The area was severely contaminated after a massive release of coal ash on Dec. 22, 2008. The spill originated from a holding pond belonging to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Kingston Steam Plant on Watts Bar Reservoir.

A large number of fish were killed immediately following the spill which dumped 5.4 million cubic yards (more than 1 billion gallons) of toxic sludge directly into the Emory River and surrounding lands. The spill occurred when the earthen wall of a storage pond breached. The scale of the accident is much larger than initially reported.

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