Sheldon Station has 7 groundwater monitoring wells, 4 of which have been polluted above federal advisory levels based on samples collected between September 15, 2015 and September 17, 2019. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of lithium, sulfate and selenium.
Site descriptionNebraska Public Power District’s Sheldon Station is in Lancaster County, NE. Plant Sheldon operates two coal-fired units capable of producing 225-MW. There were plans to retire the coal-fired unit and replace it with a hydrogen powered generator by 2020, but these were abandoned. Sheldon Station has their Ash Landfill No. 4 onsite. The Ash Landfill No. 4 at Sheldon Station is regulated under the CCR rule.
You can find the industry-reported data here. For more information about Sheldon Station, see EIP's 2019 National Coal Ash Report.