Background. 150-Ton Slab Haulers working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week had major ongoing problems with dust, rough potholed roads, and high equipment maintenance and labor costs. Haul roads were being graded every day and water was applied continuously.
Fugitive Dust Problems Solved at an Utility Ashpond
Background. Cold winter weather was causing the surface of a utility company’s ash pond to freeze dry, turning it into a source of fugitive dust. Summer, too, presented a dust problem as the pond water evaporated or drained off.