Environmental Aspects of the Brandon Woods Coal Ash Site

摘要

The Maryland Power Plant Research Program (PPRP) has evaluated the potentialenvironmental effects of coal ash used as structural fill material at the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BG&E) Brandon Woods Energy Business Park. The main purpose of the evaluation was to assess the potential for leachate constituents derived from the coal ash to affect ground and surface water quality. Ground water conditions at the site were evaluated using the water level readings collected from 21 shallow and deep monitoring wells installed by BG&E prior to site development, and ground water quality data collected from the time the facility began coal ash filling operations in 1982 to December 1990. The absence of ground water quality degradation downgradient of the ash indicates that several site conditions minimize potential adverse enviromental impacts from leachate generation.