Mercury dumped in Lake Michigan at Oak Creek power plant has risen. Why did it happen?

[TexasTowelie]

The volume of toxic mercury dumped into Lake Michigan from We Energies’ coal-fired power plants in Oak Creek has climbed over the past decade.

Why?

The company isn’t exactly sure. We Energies is required by state regulators to investigate the source of the increases in its wastewater and find ways to limit contamination that ends up in the lake.

But environmentalists are raising questions about the trend. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is also concerned, although the agency has tentatively agreed to let the state’s largest utility release more mercury in its wastewater than state law currently allows.

A public hearing on We Energies’ five-year wastewater permit will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Oak Creek Community Center.

Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2019/02/08/mercury-dumped-lake-michigan-oak-creek-plant-has-risen-why/2807403002/

[watoos]

1. Power plants are examples of Socialism,

Socialize the costs, privatize the profits. All nuclear power plants leak radiation, some more than others.

Mercury in the water helps with depopulation.