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 March 13, 2019. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of molybdenum, lithium, boron, antimony, sulfate, cobalt, arsenic, lead, selenium, cadmium, chromium, radium and thallium.
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 currently comprised of two units. The station 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.