Environmental performance assessment of coal ash use sites: Waukegan ash embankment
- Radian Corp., Austin, TX (USA)
A highway embankment site in Waukegan, Illinois, was investigated to measure the environmental effects of coal-ash use in highways and roads. Site construction in 1972--73 used about 375,000 metric tons of principally Type F fly ash. The site is a low-lying area a few hundred meters west of Lake Michigan. Field investigations were conducted at the site during 1987--1990. Samples of soil, groundwater, and vegetation were collected and analyzed for selected inorganic constituents. The field effort involved installing of 32 groundwater monitoring wells in the shallow groundwater aquifer, 13 lysimeters in unsaturated zone ash and soils, five trenches or boreholes to collect samples of ash and soils, and five points for vegetation sampling. Five separate sampling efforts were conducted. 27 refs., 32 figs., 19 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Radian Corp., Austin, TX (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- EPRI
- OSTI ID:
- 6371412
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-EN-6533
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AEROSOL WASTES
ASHES
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMISTRY
COAL
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTS
EMBANKMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FEDERAL REGION V
FLY ASH
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
ILLINOIS
LEACHATES
LYSIMETERS
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
MIXTURES
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
RADIOCHEMISTRY
RESIDUES
ROADS
SOILS
SOLUTIONS
USA
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES
WATER
WATER QUALITY