"The fly ash was flying everywhere. It was like a black haze. It got all over your porches, patios, you blow your nose, it's coming out your nose. That spring I opened the pool, it was nothing but black ash"
"Fly ash" may be contaminating Chesapeake residents' water
Filed by Mary Kay Mallonee
CHESAPEAKE, VA. (WAVY.com) -- There are major environmental health concerns in Chesapeake. Residents' fears stem from the new Battlefield Golf Course.
The 217-acre course is made with more than 1.5-million tons of "fly ash" which is the by-product left behind when coal is burned to make electricity. It contains heavy metals like arsenic, lead and uranium.
The developer used fly ash from Dominion Virginia Power's site in Deep Creek to build the burns on the course. "It's a huge concern," says Kathleen Lowery.
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