James River Power Station has 8 groundwater monitoring wells, 1 of which have been polluted above federal advisory levels based on samples collected between October 27, 2016 and August 16, 2019. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of molybdenum.
Site descriptionJames River Power Station was a 253-MW facility that began operations in 1957. The station is in Springfield, Missouri in Greene County next to Lake Springfield. The plant had five coal-fired units until it was retired in 2022. The station has a 43-acre landfill regulated under the federal coal ash rule.
You can find the industry-reported data here. For more information about the James River Power Station, see EIP's 2019 National Coal Ash Report.