Trees planted around old ash pond, marks the last work on the property except monitoring through 2024
Trees are planted around a former coal ash pond at Santee Cooper’s old Grainger steam plant in Conway on Thursday. Santee Cooper has said the tree planting marks the last work on the property but it will continue to monitor the wetland development through 2024. Crews from Waccamaw Landscaping and Construction planted bald cypress, sweet gum and shumard oaks as well as cattails. The steam plant was located off U.S. 501 tucked beside the Waccamaw River at the entrance into Conway for 50 years until it closed in 2012. The 300-foot red and white smokestacks were demolished in 2016. Coal ash, contains arsenic and lead, was stored in the ponds. Santee Cooper has said it has removed all of the coal ash from the ponds and the area is going back to a natural state. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
Trees are planted around a former coal ash pond at Santee Cooper’s old Grainger steam plant in Conway on Thursday. Santee Cooper has said the tree planting marks the last work on the property but it will continue to monitor the wetland development through 2024. Crews from Waccamaw Landscaping and Construction planted bald cypress, sweet gum and shumard oaks as well as cattails. The steam plant was located off U.S. 501 tucked beside the Waccamaw River at the entrance into Conway for 50 years until it closed in 2012. The 300-foot red and white smokestacks were demolished in 2016. Coal ash, contains arsenic and lead, was stored in the ponds. Santee Cooper has said it has removed all of the coal ash from the ponds and the area is going back to a natural state. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
Trees are planted around a former coal ash pond at Santee Cooper’s old Grainger steam plant in Conway on Thursday. Santee Cooper has said the tree planting marks the last work on the property but it will continue to monitor the wetland development through 2024. Crews from Waccamaw Landscaping and Construction planted bald cypress, sweet gum and shumard oaks as well as cattails. The steam plant was located off U.S. 501 tucked beside the Waccamaw River at the entrance into Conway for 50 years until it closed in 2012. The 300-foot red and white smokestacks were demolished in 2016. Coal ash, contains arsenic and lead, was stored in the ponds. Santee Cooper has said it has removed all of the coal ash from the ponds and the area is going back to a natural state. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
Trees are planted around a former coal ash pond at Santee Cooper’s old Grainger steam plant in Conway on Thursday. Santee Cooper has said the tree planting marks the last work on the property but it will continue to monitor the wetland development through 2024. Crews from Waccamaw Landscaping and Construction planted bald cypress, sweet gum and shumard oaks as well as cattails. The steam plant was located off U.S. 501 tucked beside the Waccamaw River at the entrance into Conway for 50 years until it closed in 2012. The 300-foot red and white smokestacks were demolished in 2016. Coal ash, contains arsenic and lead, was stored in the ponds. Santee Cooper has said it has removed all of the coal ash from the ponds and the area is going back to a natural state. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
Trees are planted around a former coal ash pond at Santee Cooper’s old Grainger steam plant in Conway on Thursday. Santee Cooper has said the tree planting marks the last work on the property but it will continue to monitor the wetland development through 2024. Crews from Waccamaw Landscaping and Construction planted bald cypress, sweet gum and shumard oaks as well as cattails. The steam plant was located off U.S. 501 tucked beside the Waccamaw River at the entrance into Conway for 50 years until it closed in 2012. The 300-foot red and white smokestacks were demolished in 2016. Coal ash, contains arsenic and lead, was stored in the ponds. Santee Cooper has said it has removed all of the coal ash from the ponds and the area is going back to a natural state. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
Jose Santiago of Waccamaw Landscaping and Construction plants trees around a former coal ash pond at Santee Cooper’s old Grainger steam plant in Conway on Thursday. Santee Cooper has said the tree planting marks the last work on the property but it will continue to monitor the wetland development through 2024. Crews planted bald cypress, sweet gum and shumard oaks as well as cattails. The steam plant was located off U.S. 501 tucked beside the Waccamaw River at the entrance into Conway for 50 years until it closed in 2012. The 300-foot red and white smokestacks were demolished in 2016. Coal ash, contains arsenic and lead, was stored in the ponds. Santee Cooper has said it has removed all of the coal ash from the ponds and the area is going back to a natural state. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
Trees are planted around a former coal ash pond at Santee Cooper’s old Grainger steam plant in Conway on Thursday. Santee Cooper has said the tree planting marks the last work on the property but it will continue to monitor the wetland development through 2024. Crews from Waccamaw Landscaping and Construction planted bald cypress, sweet gum and shumard oaks as well as cattails. The steam plant was located off U.S. 501 tucked beside the Waccamaw River at the entrance into Conway for 50 years until it closed in 2012. The 300-foot red and white smokestacks were demolished in 2016. Coal ash, contains arsenic and lead, was stored in the ponds. Santee Cooper has said it has removed all of the coal ash from the ponds and the area is going back to a natural state. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
Trees are planted around a former coal ash pond at Santee Cooper’s old Grainger steam plant in Conway on Thursday. Santee Cooper has said the tree planting marks the last work on the property but it will continue to monitor the wetland development through 2024. Crews from Waccamaw Landscaping and Construction planted bald cypress, sweet gum and shumard oaks as well as cattails. The steam plant was located off U.S. 501 tucked beside the Waccamaw River at the entrance into Conway for 50 years until it closed in 2012. The 300-foot red and white smokestacks were demolished in 2016. Coal ash, contains arsenic and lead, was stored in the ponds. Santee Cooper has said it has removed all of the coal ash from the ponds and the area is going back to a natural state. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
Trees are planted around a former coal ash pond at Santee Cooper’s old Grainger steam plant in Conway on Thursday. Santee Cooper has said the tree planting marks the last work on the property but it will continue to monitor the wetland development through 2024. Crews from Waccamaw Landscaping and Construction planted bald cypress, sweet gum and shumard oaks as well as cattails. The steam plant was located off U.S. 501 tucked beside the Waccamaw River at the entrance into Conway for 50 years until it closed in 2012. The 300-foot red and white smokestacks were demolished in 2016. Coal ash, contains arsenic and lead, was stored in the ponds. Santee Cooper has said it has removed all of the coal ash from the ponds and the area is going back to a natural state. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
Trees are planted around a former coal ash pond at Santee Cooper’s old Grainger steam plant in Conway on Thursday. Santee Cooper has said the tree planting marks the last work on the property but it will continue to monitor the wetland development through 2024. Crews from Waccamaw Landscaping and Construction planted bald cypress, sweet gum and shumard oaks as well as cattails. The steam plant was located off U.S. 501 tucked beside the Waccamaw River at the entrance into Conway for 50 years until it closed in 2012. The 300-foot red and white smokestacks were demolished in 2016. Coal ash, contains arsenic and lead, was stored in the ponds. Santee Cooper has said it has removed all of the coal ash from the ponds and the area is going back to a natural state. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
Trees are planted around a former coal ash pond at Santee Cooper’s old Grainger steam plant in Conway on Thursday. Santee Cooper has said the tree planting marks the last work on the property but it will continue to monitor the wetland development through 2024. Crews from Waccamaw Landscaping and Construction planted bald cypress, sweet gum and shumard oaks as well as cattails. The steam plant was located off U.S. 501 tucked beside the Waccamaw River at the entrance into Conway for 50 years until it closed in 2012. The 300-foot red and white smokestacks were demolished in 2016. Coal ash, contains arsenic and lead, was stored in the ponds. Santee Cooper has said it has removed all of the coal ash from the ponds and the area is going back to a natural state. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
Trees are planted around a former coal ash pond at Santee Cooper’s old Grainger steam plant in Conway on Thursday. Santee Cooper has said the tree planting marks the last work on the property but it will continue to monitor the wetland development through 2024. Crews from Waccamaw Landscaping and Construction planted bald cypress, sweet gum and shumard oaks as well as cattails. The steam plant was located off U.S. 501 tucked beside the Waccamaw River at the entrance into Conway for 50 years until it closed in 2012. The 300-foot red and white smokestacks were demolished in 2016. Coal ash, contains arsenic and lead, was stored in the ponds. Santee Cooper has said it has removed all of the coal ash from the ponds and the area is going back to a natural state. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
Trees are planted around a former coal ash pond at Santee Cooper’s old Grainger steam plant in Conway on Thursday. Santee Cooper has said the tree planting marks the last work on the property but it will continue to monitor the wetland development through 2024. Crews from Waccamaw Landscaping and Construction planted bald cypress, sweet gum and shumard oaks as well as cattails. The steam plant was located off U.S. 501 tucked beside the Waccamaw River at the entrance into Conway for 50 years until it closed in 2012. The 300-foot red and white smokestacks were demolished in 2016. Coal ash, contains arsenic and lead, was stored in the ponds. Santee Cooper has said it has removed all of the coal ash from the ponds and the area is going back to a natural state. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
Trees are planted around a former coal ash pond at Santee Cooper’s old Grainger steam plant in Conway on Thursday. Santee Cooper has said the tree planting marks the last work on the property but it will continue to monitor the wetland development through 2024. Crews from Waccamaw Landscaping and Construction planted bald cypress, sweet gum and shumard oaks as well as cattails. The steam plant was located off U.S. 501 tucked beside the Waccamaw River at the entrance into Conway for 50 years until it closed in 2012. The 300-foot red and white smokestacks were demolished in 2016. Coal ash, contains arsenic and lead, was stored in the ponds. Santee Cooper has said it has removed all of the coal ash from the ponds and the area is going back to a natural state. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
Trees are planted around a former coal ash pond at Santee Cooper’s old Grainger steam plant in Conway on Thursday. Santee Cooper has said the tree planting marks the last work on the property but it will continue to monitor the wetland development through 2024. Crews from Waccamaw Landscaping and Construction planted bald cypress, sweet gum and shumard oaks as well as cattails. The steam plant was located off U.S. 501 tucked beside the Waccamaw River at the entrance into Conway for 50 years until it closed in 2012. The 300-foot red and white smokestacks were demolished in 2016. Coal ash, contains arsenic and lead, was stored in the ponds. Santee Cooper has said it has removed all of the coal ash from the ponds and the area is going back to a natural state. Photo by Janet Morgan/janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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