On February 2, a busted stormwater pipe at the Dan River Steam Station, dormant since 2012, dumped between 50 and 80 thousand tons of coal ash and between 24 and 27 thousand gallons of water into the Dan River, according to the EPA. Duke Energy has filled a section of the busted pipe with concrete grout, tested on February 8. They discovered that the busted pipe, “which was … [Read more...]