"Georgia Power said it found arsenic and other toxic chemicals in a handful of test wells near coal ash ponds at three of its power plants near Newnan, Rome and Savannah.

The electric company, a unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co., said it found arsenic levels more than three times the state limit for groundwater at one test well at Plant Hammond, near Rome, and at another well at Plant McIntosh, near Savannah.

The company said it also found beryllium at three times the state limit at one test well at Plant Yates, near Newnan, and selenium slightly above the state limit at another test well at the plant."

Russell Grantham reports for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution June 29, 2016. [2]