Cayuga Generating Station has 22 groundwater monitoring wells, 20 of which have been polluted above federal advisory levels based on samples collected between March 09, 2010 and August 01, 2017. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of molybdenum, lithium, boron, antimony, sulfate, cobalt, arsenic, lead and selenium.
Site descriptionCayuga Generating Station is a 1,104 MW coal-fired power plant located in Vermillion County, Indiana along the Wabash River. Owned by Duke Energy, the facility began operation in 1970 and is comprised of two units. The station currently has four units regulated under the CCR rule: Cayuga Landfill, Lined Ash Disposal, Primary Ash Setting Pond and Secondary Ash Setting Pond. You can find the industry-reported data here. For more information on the Cayuga Generating Station, see EIP’s 2019 National Coal Ash Report.