Source: Ke Kuhi Hou (ENR)
ʻO kahi puke i piha me ka manaʻo i hoʻopuka ʻia ma ka lāʻo Dekemaba o New Year (ENR) i hōʻike i nā pilikia o ka Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) e kū nei ma kāna Kingston Power Plant kokoke i ka muliwai Emory, Tennessee, USA.
Ke lilo nei ʻo TVA i hoʻokahi makahiki i loko o ka hoʻolālā ʻia ʻehā kālā $ 1 biliona kālā e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ke ʻano ma hope o ka hoʻoleiahi ʻana o ka lehu ma Dekemaba 2008.
Ke hoʻohana nei ʻo Sevenson Kaʻehu o Niagara Niihau, New York, i kahi moku o Ellicott® ʻO nā ʻokiʻoki omoki Brand Brand a me nā pump booster e hana i kāna hana. Ke hana nei nā dredges 24 mau hola i kēlā me kēia lā, 6 mau lā i ka pule.
Wahi a ka ʻatikala, ua hana ʻo ka US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) i kekahi mau ʻōlelo maikaʻi e pili ana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe me ka ʻōlelo hou aʻe, "… ke hana ikaika nei nā limahana akā ʻaʻole ka hopena o ke kaiapuni."
ʻLelo ʻia mai: ENR ʻatikala i kapa ʻia, “ʻO Coal-Ash Spill Left Giant Mess…”