Bay Journal: “The effect of coal ash on the environment has been studied and debated for more than seven years now in Virginia. Utilities have spent those years looking for long-term disposal solutions for huge volumes of the industrial waste product, much of it located near major rivers.”
“Frankel and his team studied surface water, sediment, species diversity and fish tissue from Quantico Creek, which runs into the Potomac River next to the Possum Point Power Station in Dumfries. They found elevated concentrations of several trace metals in the sediment and in the muscle tissues of banded killifish, which are food for striped bass, birds and other predators. The researchers also found reduced species diversity in the stretch of Quantico Creek closest to the power station, compared with samples taken at upstream and downstream locations.”
Dominion Energy is bullish on placing its remaining coal ash in a $347 million landfill at Possum Point.
Representatives from one of the largest state utilities outlined a plan for a new landfill next to the power plant on the banks of the Potomac River near Dumfries. The plant, built as a coal-burning plant in 1948, was converted to burn gas in 2003.
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Prince William County Potomac District Supervisor Andrea Bailey will hold a town hall to discuss the coal ash ponds and plans to cap them in a landfill near Dumfries.
The town hall will be held on March 30 at Potomac High School, 3401 Panther Pride Drive in Woodbridge.
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Prince William County Potomac District Supervisor Andrea Bailey said she'll hold a town hall meeting about Possum Point later this month.
The town hall will be held on March 30, according to Bailey's chief of staff, Shaunee Caldwell-Lynch. Bailey has yet to announce a meeting location.
