Lockwood Ash Disposal Site has 11 groundwater monitoring wells, 5 of which have been polluted above federal advisory levels based on samples collected between March 23, 2015 and November 21, 2019. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of arsenic, boron, molybdenum, sulfate and thallium.
Site descriptionLockwood Ash Disposal Site, managed by Lockwood Hills, LLC, is associated with Greenidge Generating Station in Yates County, New York. Built in 1937, the plant has retired three of its units and no longer burns coal. The plant currently has one converted gas-fired unit with a capacity of 106 MW. Lockwood Ash Disposal Site is regulated under the CCR rule.
You can find the industry-reported data here. For more information about the Lockwood Ash Disposal Site, see EIP's 2019 National Coal Ash Report.