Iowa's coal-ash pits may need to be lined
May 11, 2009
The state government in Iowa is considering whether to
require liners in coal-ash piles to prevent runoff from contaminating rivers and streams, and possibly to help prevent catastrophic failures like the one that
spilled a billion gallons of coal waste near Kingston, Tennessee, last December. Iowa has only
one nuclear power plant and gets about 80% of its electricity from coal-fired power plants. Because power plants are major users of water, we offer a
range of products to serve the energy industry, including the
geomembrane liners that may be required by new regulations.
last revised May 2009