Environmental impacts of the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee: An 18-month survey

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 9272-9278

  Ruhl, Laura ^a   Vengosh, Avner ^a   Dwyer, Gary S ^a   Hsu Kim, Heileen ^b   Deonarine, Amrika ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUATIC SYSTEM; ARSENIC SPECIES; COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUES; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; DRINKING WATER; ELEVATED LEVEL; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOLDING POND; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; PORE WATERS; RATIO CONTROL; RIVER SEDIMENTS; RIVER WATER; TENNESSEE; TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY; WATER EXCHANGE;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; COAL; COAL ASH; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL STORAGE; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; LAKES; LEACHING; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; POTABLE WATER; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SELENIUM; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STRONTIUM;

COAL COMBUSTION;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; BARIUM; BORON; COAL; DRINKING WATER; LAKE WATER; RIVER WATER; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; SURFACE WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ASH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LABORATORY METHOD; LANDFILL; LEACHING; NONMETAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; POND; POREWATER; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; SURVEY; THRESHOLD;

ARTICLE; ASH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LANDFILL; LEACHING; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALLOIDS; METALS, HEAVY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; TENNESSEE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

KINGSTON [TENNESSEE]; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650288963     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1026739     Document Type: Article

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