Part of the coal ash (cenospheres) has travelled the entire length of the lake, not merely ten miles. The bulk of the ash doesn't float and is still near the original spill area, say from mile six-ish upstream of the dike failure down to the TVA facility. A portion (estimated to be 8-15%) has now moved downstream as far as the Tennessee river confluence at least. A large plug is now sitting at the mouth of the Emory and should be a high priority focus of the removal effort before it gets into the Clinch. Early rough estimates are that 200,000 cubic yards of ash (less the amount that is new river sediment)has moved out of the Emory and lies between the Emory mouth and the I40 bridge. No mapping has been done below I40 that I know of, though that will be done with high resolution at the EPA's direction very soon.

For the report and your continued investigative presence. I have visible surface contamination at my house everyday and have since Dec 22nd. Although it did get noticeably worse after the flooding so its no surprise to me that the ash has moved closer to my property. What really bothers me though are the people dragging their kids through the water as I write this post. Should someone, EPA, TVA, etc address this. It can't be healthy for these kids to be ingesting this water. I had a conversation with a high level TVA rep that told me several months ago it would not be "recommended" to swim in the water near my house. Not that I needed TVA to tell me that but I can't help but wonder why this has not been publicly addressed as a health/safety concern.