The Battle Over Polluted Water Beneath an Iowa Coal Ash Landfill

A coalition of environmental groups is embroiled in a year-long fight with an Alliant Energy subsidiary over its discharge of groundwater possibly contaminated with coal combustion residuals.

By Anika Jane Beamer
July 28, 2025
The Battle Over Polluted Water Beneath an Iowa Coal Ash Landfill
Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images
loading
loading
loading
Anika Jane Beamer

Anika Jane Beamer is an Outrider fellow at Inside Climate News and a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

 
834 E. Washington Ave., Suite 333 Madison, WI 53703, 608.237.3489
Outrider Foundation is a non-political, nonpartisan 501c3 organization that educates the public about nuclear security threats and climate issues.
Read our newsletter
We partner with creators, thought leaders, and news organizations to explain how smart policy can sustain a safe and livable planet. Please, join us.