Recycling

Power Plant Ash

The Power Plant.

The Iowa DNR has approved several beneficial uses for boiler ash from power plants. All the boiler ash produced by the ISU power plant is utilized for one of these beneficial uses. In 2008, a total of 31,072 tons of as was produced at the plant. The ash was utilized in a number of ways as follows:

PCI/Basic Materials – Waterloo – Limestone quarry reclamation – 23,997 tons

Envirologic – Des Moines – Sludge stabilization – 55 tons

Chamness Technologies – Eddyville – Manufactured soil – 1,442 tons

Various sites – Soil stabilization - 5,608 tons

Contact Jeff Witt (jwitt@iastate.edu) at 294-8286 if you have any questions about the ash recycling program.