Months after coal plant demolitions, waste still sits in Ohio River as Army Corps orders cleanup
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and last updated 2021-04-25 12:13:46-04
NEW RICHMOND, Ohio â Clermont County residents were shocked in February when a smokestack from the retired Walter C. Beckjord power plant toppled into the Ohio River.
But emails obtained by the WCPO 9 I-Team show that wasnât the first time demolition crews left bricks, mortar and pieces of metal in the water.
Now, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has ordered contractors to clean up the mess it made in a river that provides drinking water for 5 million people and serves as the recreational play area for thousands of boaters, tubing children and jet skiers during the summer.