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South Carolina Electric & Gas Settles Lawsuit Regarding Discharge of Arsenic

South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) has settled a lawsuit accusing the utility of illegally discharging arsenic and other contaminants into a river near Columbia, SC. The settlement announced on Monday includes an agreement to remove all of the coal ash now being stored at the 700 MW Wateree Station, according to attorneys for the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation. The environmental group sued SCE&G earlier this year, saying that the company stores wet coal ash in earthen lagoons near its power plant and that monitoring wells near the lagoons show five times the legal limit of arsenic.

Revision Date:  8/28/2012

Tags:  221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, South Carolina Electric & Gas, Arsenic, Wastewater, Monitoring, USA