Leland Olds Station

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Leland Olds Station has 41 groundwater monitoring wells, 37 of which have been polluted above federal advisory levels based on samples collected between May 26, 2010 and October 08, 2019. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of sulfate, lithium, arsenic, manganese, molybdenum, cobalt, lead, radium, selenium, antimony, boron and chromium.

Site description

Leland Olds Station is a 660-MW power generating station with two coal-fired units, owned by Basin Electric Power Cooperative. The plant is located near Stanton, North Dakota in Mercer County and began commercial operations in 1966. The station disposes of fly ash, bottom ash, and FGD waste at the Glenharold CCR landfill located 3 miles southwest of the facility, which encompasses 148.2 acres within the former Glenharold Mine. Three municipal drinking water wells are located within 5 miles of Leland Olds Station.

You can find the industry-reported data here. For more information about the Leland Olds Station, see EIP's 2019 National Coal Ash Report.

Monitoring Wells Wells reporting one or more exceedances for at least one pollutant.
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Pollutants monitored and above guidelines
Tip: Click on a contaminant to view wells that have recorded exceedances. Click again to remove the filter. antimony arsenic boron chromium cobalt lead lithium manganese molybdenum radium selenium sulfate
Pollutants monitored and below guidelines
barium beryllium cadmium fluoride mercury nitrate thallium
Pollutants not monitored
ammonia, copper, cyanide, gross alpha particle, gross beta particle, hexavalent chromium, nickel, nitrite, silver, strontium, tritium, uranium

Facility last updated on Thursday, October 20, 2022 12:48:47 PM EDT