1.0 link 157403 <![CDATA[TVA: Water Tests From Second Spill Show No Major Problems]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/13/tva-water-tests-from-seco_n_157403.html BIRMINGHAM, Ala. &mdash; The nation's largest public utility said Monday tests showed slightly elevated levels of contaminants in the Tennessee River downstream from an Alabama coal-waste spill, but the samples still met federal standards for safe drinking water.

Results of tests performed by a private laboratory for the Tennessee Valley Authority showed the levels of more than a dozen substances were a bit higher downstream than upstream from the spill at the Widows Creek power plant, located in extreme northeast Alabama.

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