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Coal ash testing near Belews Creek inconclusive
- Taft Wireback
- May 3, 2015
- May 3, 2015
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The largest coal ash pond, between Pine Hall Road and Middleton Loop, near the Duke Energy Belews Creek Steam Station (in background) in Walnut Cove is shown, Friday, May 1, 2015.
- ROB BROWN/News & Record

The Duke Energy Belews Creek Steam Station in Walnut Cove is shown, Friday, May 1, 2015.
- ROB BROWN/News & Record
The largest coal ash pond, between Pine Hall Road and Middleton Loop, near the Duke Energy Belews Creek Steam Station in Walnut Cove is shown, Friday, May 1, 2015.
- ROB BROWN/News & Record
Keith Goolsby stands in his backyard near his well on Middleton Loop near the Duke Energy Belews Creek Steam Station in Walnut Cove, Friday, May 1, 2015. Goolsby's well was tested and was clear of coal ash contaminants, but a large coal ash pond is located across Middleton Loop from his home.
- ROB BROWN/News & Record
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WALNUT COVE — Good luck relying on recent state-supervised testing to figure out whether Duke Energy’s massive coal ash storage pond near here is polluting the neighbors’ drinking water.
Duke University professor's process not used in coal ash testing
DENR says the process isn’t approved.
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The largest coal ash pond, between Pine Hall Road and Middleton Loop, near the Duke Energy Belews Creek Steam Station (in background) in Walnut Cove is shown, Friday, May 1, 2015.
- ROB BROWN/News & Record
The Duke Energy Belews Creek Steam Station in Walnut Cove is shown, Friday, May 1, 2015.
- ROB BROWN/News & Record
The largest coal ash pond, between Pine Hall Road and Middleton Loop, near the Duke Energy Belews Creek Steam Station in Walnut Cove is shown, Friday, May 1, 2015.
- ROB BROWN/News & Record
Keith Goolsby stands in his backyard near his well on Middleton Loop near the Duke Energy Belews Creek Steam Station in Walnut Cove, Friday, May 1, 2015. Goolsby's well was tested and was clear of coal ash contaminants, but a large coal ash pond is located across Middleton Loop from his home.
- ROB BROWN/News & Record
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