Herrington Lake Pollution Petition
To Paul W. Thompson, chairman, CEO, and president of Kentucky Utilities,
Citizens around Herrington Lake have been concerned for many years that pollution from the E.W. Brown Power Plant was contaminating local drinking water. The undersigned ask that KU holds a public meeting in 2019 to relay the data that has been collected and address concerns in the community by identifying the steps being taken/will be taken to resolve the coal ash pollution issues at the EW Brown Plant on Herrington Lake.
We are afraid that dangerous pollutants, including selenium, arsenic, and boron, are leaching out of the coal ash impoundments at E.W. Brown and into groundwater that flows into Herrington Lake and our drinking water. Testing by the KY Division of Water has found that 9 out of 10 fish collected near the E.W. Brown plant had selenium levels exceeding Kentucky water standards. Please be transparent and ease our fears by hosting a public meeting.