Category:2008 Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill

English: The Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill occurred on December 22, 2008 at the Tennessee Valley Authority's plant in Roane County, Tennessee. 1.1 billion US gallons (4,200,000 m3) of coal fly ash slurry was released. The slurry (a mixture of fly ash and water) traveled across the Emory River and its Swan Pond embayment, on to the opposite shore, covering up to 300 acres (1.2 km²) of the surrounding land, damaging homes and flowing up and down stream in nearby waterways such as the Emory River and Clinch River (tributaries of the Tennessee River). It was the largest fly ash release in United States history.