Ghent Generating Station has 23 groundwater monitoring wells, 17 of which have been polluted above federal advisory levels based on samples collected between December 06, 2016 and September 12, 2019. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of lithium, boron, molybdenum, sulfate, radium, cobalt, lead, arsenic, barium, beryllium, chromium, selenium, thallium and fluoride.
Site descriptionGhent Generating Station is a 1,919-MW facility owned by Kentucky Utilities. The station opened in 1973 and is located on the Ohio River near Ghent, Kentucky in Carroll County and consists of four coal-fired units. Ghent has six coal ash disposal units regulated under the federal coal ash rule: Ash Treatment Basin 1 (125 acres), Secondary Pond (3 acres), Gypsum Stack (90 acres), Reclaim Pond, Ash Treatment Basin 2 (146 acres), and the Landfill (426 acres). The Reclaim Pond has a synthetic liner.
You can find the industry-reported data here. For more information about the Ghent Generating Station, see EIP's 2019 National Coal Ash Report.