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Duke Energy Riverbend Steam Station . Duke Energy Riverbend Steam Station . Coal ash sludge is pumped to the coal ash ponds (impoundments) where the coal ash settles and the water, once deemed clean, is pumped into the Catawba River. Duke Energy is under a mandate from the EPA to closely monitor seepage and runoff from the ponds. Here, a Duke worker tests the water as it runs off from the ponds to the River.
