Elrama Power Station

Download Data
Snapshot

Elrama Power Station has 7 groundwater monitoring wells, 7 of which have been polluted above federal advisory levels based on samples collected between January 27, 2011 and April 16, 2014. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of sulfate, manganese, nitrate and arsenic.

Site description

Duquesne Light Company's (DLC) Elrama Power Station is a 487 MW coal-fired power plant in Elrama, Pennsylvania. Coal ash from the plant is temporarily stored in on-site ash impoundments and is ultimately disposed of off-site at locations that include the Fern Valley Landfill (which is listed separately on this website).

DLC also owns the Elrama Power Station Ash Disposal Site, which is located in Union Township in Washington County, Pennsylvania. This disposal site received coal ash until December 1978 and resumed again between 1987 and 1989 until the site was completely filled. The site has since been capped with 2 feet of soil. Outfalls from the site drain directly into the Monongahela River.

Monitoring Wells Wells reporting one or more exceedances for at least one pollutant.
7 / 7
Wells not shown Locations for the following wells are unavailable:

Download the complete dataset to access monitoring information for these wells.

Legend
No exceedances
One or more exeedances
No data available
Upgradient
Downgradient
Other designation
Well "halo" size corresponds to mean concentration. Please note that some wells may not be visible on the map due to overlapping locations.
Pollutants monitored and above guidelines
Tip: Click on a contaminant to view wells that have recorded exceedances. Click again to remove the filter. arsenic manganese nitrate sulfate
Pollutants monitored and below guidelines
ammonia barium cadmium chromium copper fluoride lead mercury selenium silver
Pollutants not monitored
antimony, beryllium, boron, cobalt, cyanide, gross alpha particle, gross beta particle, hexavalent chromium, lithium, molybdenum, nickel, nitrite, radium, strontium, thallium, tritium, uranium

Facility last updated on Thursday, March 23, 2017 03:30:54 PM EDT