TVA ash spill effects 25mi downstream

This is some close up footage of the ash contamination taken on December 28th, 2009. The location is at the end of New Hope Road where it dead ends into Watts Bar Lake in Roane County Tennessee. This spot is one of my favorite lake access areas and we used to swim and play all around here. Today my friend Glen and I hiked around the lake for about 3 miles and what you see in the video is typical of what we saw on the banks. Needless to say, we aren't going swimming in this lake for a long time... perhaps the rest of our lives.

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• TVA
• coal
• ash
• sludge
• spill
• ashslide
• Kingston
• Steam
• Plant
• Roane
• County
• Tennnessee
• Watts
• Bar
• Lake
• Tennessee
• River
• Emory
• clean

[xenofiend]

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[tostrong4you]

lol " thats the good stuff right their, the gravy"

[creepycroc]

sgshhshs

[newton2013]

Doubt it will be cleaned up soon, if ever. Please do film more. The media in Chicago didn't report it for days.

Kudos to acidbathstar, a being of action.

[acidbathstar]

I sent this video to local news in Chattanooga. Thank you for posting, and if you can get any more footage, and give exact locations, that would be fantastic.