Springerville Generating Station has 5 groundwater monitoring wells, 5 of which have been polluted above federal advisory levels based on samples collected between November 15, 2016 and August 20, 2019. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of lithium, arsenic, sulfate, radium, cobalt and thallium.
Site descriptionSpringerville Generating Station is a 1,560-MW facility located in Springerville, Arizona in Apache County. Springerville is owned by the Tucson Electric Power Company and began operations in 1985. The station consists of four coal-fired units, with the two newest beginning operations in 2006 and 2009.These two units were the subject of a lawsuit which resulted in a settlement where the plants were constructed with lower emissions and investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. The Ash Landfill acts as the disposal site for primarily fly and bottom ash, regulated under the CCR rule.
You can find the industry-reported data here. For more information about the Springerville Generating Station, see EIP's 2019 National Coal Ash Report.