Mobile, AL – Officials say wastewater containing arsenic and other contaminants will be transported from a Perry County landfill for treatment and disposal by the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System.
The Perry County landfill was approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to receive millions of tons of coal ash that spilled last year at a Tennessee Valley Authority plant near Kingston, Tenn.
More than 100 rail cars deliver the waste each day under a $95 million contract with landfill operators. Excess liquids contained in the coal ash collect in the bottom of the landfill and must be sucked out and treated.
The landfill liquid was being treated by the city of Marion wastewater treatment plant and discharged into a creek until early December. State officials said the landfill did not have required permits.
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