George Neal South Generating Station has 18 groundwater monitoring wells, 18 of which have been polluted above federal advisory levels based on samples collected between September 02, 2010 and September 11, 2019. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of lithium, arsenic, sulfate, manganese, boron, cobalt, selenium, fluoride and molybdenum.
Site descriptionMidAmerican Energy, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, owns and operates George Neal South Generating Station six miles outside of Sioux City, Iowa along the Missouri River in Woodbury County. The station has a single 696-MW coal-fired unit that began operating in 1979. Coal ash from the station is disposed of in a 32-acre CCR landfill. Plant George Neal South’s Monofill is regulated under the CCR rule.
You can find the industry-reported data here. For more information about George Neal South Generating Station, see EIP's 2019 National Coal Ash Report.