The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reports: “Initial water quality testing performed by DENR staff on site at Duke Energy’s Dan River power plant on Tuesday showed no deviation from normal levels of temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and conductivity due to the release of water and ash from the facility’s coal ash impoundment. These initial results do NOT mean the water is safe. . . On Tuesday, the first round of water samples were delivered to a lab in Raleigh for further testing for heavy metals, sulfates, nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus), and total suspended solids.”
DNER is testing for:
Potassium
Cadmium
Chromium
Copper
Nickel
Lead
Zinc
Vanadium
Silver
Aluminum
Beryllium
Calcium
Cobalt
Iron
Molybdenum
Antimony
Tin
Thallium
Titanium
Lithium
Magnesium
Manganese
Sodium
Arsenic
Selenium
Mercury
Barium
Boron
Check back here for results, when they become available. We will also post them to this site.