Groundwater manual for the electric utility industry. Volume 3. Groundwater investigation and mitigation techniques. Final report

Technical Report · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5512038

Redwine, J

The leaching of fly ash, bottom ash, coal piles, and other materials has recently developed into an area of major environmental concern. Federal, state, and local regulations require various degrees of leachate monitoring. Land subsidence and sinkhole development can adversely affect power-generating facilities and frequently result in substantial property losses. Seepage from impoundments of all sorts (for example, ash ponds or hydroelectric facilities) may results in substantial water losses, lost generation, reduced stability of structures, and in extreme cases, abandonment or failure of dikes and dams. The groundwater manual is organized into three volumes. Volume 1 provides basic background geological and hydrogeological material. Volume 2 describes specific electric utility industry groundwater related problems. Volume 3 discusses the techniques and instrumentation necessary to detect, evaluate, monitor, remedy, or prevent groundwater related problems experienced by the electric utility industry.

• Research Organization: Southern Co. Services, Inc., Birmingham, AL (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5512038
• Report Number(s): EPRI-CS-3901-Vol.3; ON: TI85920824
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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