Coal Ash Containment
Coal ash is the collective term for the various solid remnants left over from burning the black rock to produce electricity at more than 500 power plants nationwide. The ash amounts to dirty stuff, replete with toxic constituents — arsenic, chromium, lead, mercury, and many others — that can wreak havoc on the environment and human health.
GSI offers a multitude of geomembrane material used in the prevention of coal ash pollution. Geomembranes are often used in conjunction with soil liners, permeable geotextiles, fluid drainage media, and other geotechnical support materials. Each type of geomembrane material has specific characteristics that will affect installation and performance. By lining landfills, we are able to contain hazardous or muniipal wastes and their leacheates.
Better safeguards needed at coal ash disposal sites
September 4, 2007
Washington, DC — A new EPA report measuring the health risks posed by disposal practices at coal ash dumps confirms what residents who live nearby know only too well – pollution from these sites significantly increases both cancer and noncancer health risks and degrades water quality in groundwater supplies.
By examining 181 "coal combustion waste," or coal ash disposal sites throughout the country, the report estimates risks to health and the environment from coal ash disposal. The report found that unlined coal ash waste ponds pose a cancer risk 900 times above what is defined as 'acceptable.' The report also finds that coal ash disposal sites release toxic chemicals and metals such as arsenic, lead, boron, selenium, cadmium, thallium, and other pollutants at levels that pose risks to human health and the environment.
Below are photos of GSI lining landfills:
Links to the Tennesse Coal Ash Disaster:
Charlotte Whitewater Park
Owner:
Charlotte Whitewater Park, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
Architect
Liquid Design
Charlotte, NC
General Contractor
Rogersdooley
Charlotte, NC