More than 580 coal ash sites exist across the U.S.

美国有超过580个煤灰存放点。

And a coal ash landfill owned by Duke Energy has also been breached.

杜克能源旗下的一处煤灰垃圾堆也已经遭到了破坏。

But such catastrophic events are not the only way coal ash gets into our waterways.

但是如此巨大的遭难性事件还并不是我们生活中遭受煤烟灰侵袭的唯一途径。

The Tennessee Valley Authority has been cleaning up the so-called Christmas coal ash flood ever since.

田纳西州政府自从那时起就开始清理整顿这一被称为圣诞节煤烟灰洪水所造成的灾害。

Duke estimated as much as 39,000 tons of coal ash was allowed to spill into the river.

杜克公司预计至少有3.9万吨的煤灰泄漏进河水中。

Roughly 100 million metric tons of coal ash is created, a residue laced with nasty elements like arsenic, lead and mercury.

大约会产生1亿吨的煤渣，还有砷，铅及汞各种元素的剩余残渣。

Second, stricter rules for handling coal ash won't necessarily mean that consumers will stop using recycled coal ash products.

其次， 更严格的煤灰处理规定并不一定意味着消费者将停止使用回收的煤灰产品。

For example, the harmful chemicals from coal ash leaked into groundwater and contaminated drinking water.

例如，煤灰中的有害化学物质泄漏到地下水并污染了饮用水。

Last month, the company reached an agreement to remove the coal ash

上个月，该公司达成了一项清除煤灰的协议。

North Carolina based Duke Energy has reportedly finished cleaning up coal ash spilled in the area of the Dan River from one of its plants.

据报道，总部位于北卡罗来纳州的杜克能源公司已经完成了煤灰的清理工作，这些煤灰是该公司的一家工厂泄漏进丹河内的。

So it;s unlikely that consumers will become afraid to buy recycled coal ash products if stricter regulations are adopted.

因此，如果采用更严格的法规， 消费者不太可能害怕购买回收煤灰产品。

We absolutely need stricter new regulations that will prevent environmental damage at all coal ash disposal sites, the new sites as well as the old ones.

我们绝对需要更严格的新法规， 以防止所有煤灰处理场、新场和旧场的环境破坏。