The Battle Over Polluted Water Beneath an Iowa Coal Ash Landfill - Inside Climate News

Iowa landfill groundwater discharges raise pollution and public health concerns

Environmental groups are challenging Alliant Energy over groundwater discharges from a coal ash landfill in Ottumwa, Iowa, which they say threaten local water quality and violate federal clean water laws.Anika Jane Beamer reports for Inside Climate News.In short:The Ottumwa-Midland Landfill collects groundwater through an underdrain system that environmental groups argue contains toxic coal ash pollutants like arsenic, cobalt, and molybdenum. Al…

The Battle Over Polluted Water Beneath an Iowa Coal Ash Landfill - Inside Climate News

A coalition of environmental groups is embroiled in a year-long fight with an Alliant Energy subsidiary over its discharge of groundwater possibly contaminated with coal combustion residuals.By Anika Jane BeamerThe Ottumwa-Midland Landfill holds ash from one of Iowa’s few remaining coal power plants.

The Battle Over Polluted Water Beneath an Iowa Coal Ash Landfill

A coalition of environmental groups is embroiled in a year-long fight with an Alliant Energy subsidiary over its discharge of groundwater possibly contaminated with coal combustion residuals. By Anika Jane Beamer The Ottumwa-Midland Landfill holds ash from one of Iowa's few remaining coal power plants.