aerial view of coal slurry dumping Coal slurry is pumped uphill and stored as sludge impoundment pond.


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West Virginia

coal slurry.   coal sludge.   slag, gob


Performance coal sludge impoundment pond containing multiple millions of gallons of toxic, harmful coal waste, West Virginia, January, 2006.

Coal Slurry

Coal slurry injection site (center) on a coal slurry impoundment pond, Performance Coal, West Virginia, January, 2007.


Rawl, WV: Effects of Coal Slurry on Drinking Water

Donetta Blankenship, 38, holds two samples of her tap water from her home in Rawl, Mingo County, West Virginia.

Mingo County, WV--where tap water runs red or black-- has more than 500 underground coal slurry injection sites that have poisoned the water tables and are slowly yet effectively killing the people.