Lake Monona
A University of Wisconsin power plant is allowing coal dust into the environment, polluting Lake Monona in Madison. The DNR has warned the plant is violating the Clean Water Act by allowing dust from its coal pile to spill into a nearby neighborhood. When it rains, the coal dust runs into storm sewers that drain into Monona Bay.
The DNR warned the university last week to stop the violations or face forfeitures of up to $10,000 per day. The letter came after the Sierra Club sued the university for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act by failing to install modern pollution controls when making upgrades to the plant, which was built in the 1950s.
Environmentalists want the university to shut down plant, one of the biggest local sources of pollution, and switch to a cleaner-burning fuel.
May 16, 2007 11:23 AM | Category: Cleanup