Southern Company
Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 5
Surface Water releases 2017 (lbs): 89,901
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2017 (lbs): 48
Pounds released post-treatment 2017 (lbs): 89,918
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2017: 3,086,597,686
Percentage of national total 2017 surface water and POTW hazard: 1.2%
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This company has information in PERI's Toxic Air database .
This company is rank 2 on the Greenhouse 100 list .
Chemicals at facilities displayed below: ( display facilities ) ( display chemicals )
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BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARTERSVILLE
GA
Copper compounds
12,000
0
12,000
18,000,000
0.58%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARTERSVILLE
GA
Ammonia
9,203
0
9,203
0
0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT
PARRISH
AL
Barium compounds
7,763
0
7,763
38,815
0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT
QUINTON
AL
Barium compounds
7,740
0
7,740
38,700
0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT
PARRISH
AL
Manganese compounds
7,226
0
7,226
51,305
0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARROLLTON
GA
Barium compounds
5,900
0
5,900
29,500
0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARTERSVILLE
GA
Manganese compounds
5,900
0
5,900
41,890
0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARTERSVILLE
GA
Zinc compounds
4,002
0
4,002
13,207
0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT
BUCKS
AL
Barium compounds
3,600
0
3,600
18,000
0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT
PARRISH
AL
Copper compounds
2,778
0
2,778
4,167,000
0.14%
BARRY STEAM PLANT
BUCKS
AL
Ammonia
2,500
0
2,500
0
0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARTERSVILLE
GA
Nickel compounds
2,300
0
2,300
209,300
0.01%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARROLLTON
GA
Chromium compounds
2,000
0
2,000
1,000,000,000
32.40%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
WILSONVILLE
AL
Barium compounds
1,980
0
1,980
9,900
0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT
PARRISH
AL
Nickel compounds
1,831
0
1,831
166,621
0.01%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARTERSVILLE
GA
Barium compounds
1,600
0
1,600
8,000
0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT
PARRISH
AL
Zinc compounds
1,391
0
1,391
4,590
0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARROLLTON
GA
Vanadium compounds
1,100
0
1,100
154,000
0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT
PARRISH
AL
Chromium compounds
990
0
990
495,000,000
16.04%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARROLLTON
GA
Nickel compounds
970
0
970
88,270
0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT
BUCKS
AL
Nickel compounds
890
0
890
80,990
0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
WILSONVILLE
AL
Zinc compounds
872
0
872
2,878
0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARROLLTON
GA
Arsenic compounds
660
0
660
990,000,000
32.07%
BARRY STEAM PLANT
BUCKS
AL
Chromium compounds
610
0
610
305,000,000
9.88%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST
PENSACOLA
FL
Zinc compounds
540
43
555
1,830
0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST
PENSACOLA
FL
Barium compounds
410
0
410
2,050
0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT
QUINTON
AL
Zinc compounds
397
0
397
1,310
0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT
QUINTON
AL
Copper compounds
357
0
357
535,500
0.02%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
WILSONVILLE
AL
Nickel compounds
321
0
321
29,211
0.00%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL
MOSS POINT
MS
Barium compounds
300
0
300
1,500
0.00%
MCDONOUGH/ATKINSON STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
ATLANTA
GA
Ammonia
200
0
200
0
0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
WILSONVILLE
AL
Chromium compounds
196
0
196
98,000,000
3.18%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT
PARRISH
AL
Ammonia
180
0
180
0
0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT
QUINTON
AL
Chromium compounds
177
0
177
88,500,000
2.87%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARROLLTON
GA
Manganese compounds
140
0
140
994
0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT
BUCKS
AL
Manganese compounds
110
0
110
781
0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARROLLTON
GA
Ammonia
110
0
110
0
0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST
PENSACOLA
FL
Ammonia
91
0
91
0
0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
WILSONVILLE
AL
Manganese compounds
82
0
82
582
0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT
QUINTON
AL
Ammonia
82
0
82
0
0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT
BUCKS
AL
Zinc compounds
64
0
64
211
0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARTERSVILLE
GA
Cobalt compounds
58
0
58
0
0.00%
MILLER STEAM PLANT
QUINTON
AL
Manganese compounds
57
0
57
405
0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST
PENSACOLA
FL
Nickel compounds
46
3
48
4,354
0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST
PENSACOLA
FL
Arsenic compounds
40
2
41
61,542,900
1.99%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARTERSVILLE
GA
Chromium compounds
36
0
36
18,000,000
0.58%
MISSISSIPPI POWER CO - PLANT DANIEL
MOSS POINT
MS
Manganese compounds
22
0
22
156
0.00%
WANSLEY STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARROLLTON
GA
Zinc compounds
18
0
18
59
0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
WILSONVILLE
AL
Ammonia
17
0
17
0
0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
WILSONVILLE
AL
Lead compounds
14
0
14
252,000
0.01%
HAMMOND STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
ROME
GA
Ammonia
9
0
9
0
0.00%
BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
CARTERSVILLE
GA
Mercury compounds
7
0
7
65,000
0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT
PARRISH
AL
Arsenic compounds
4
0
4
6,000,000
0.19%
MCINTOSH ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
RINCON
GA
Ammonia
4
0
4
0
0.00%
DAVID M RATCLIFFE FACILITY
DE KALB
MS
Manganese compounds
2
0
2
14
0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST
PENSACOLA
FL
Chromium compounds
1
0
1
500,000
0.02%
DAVID M RATCLIFFE FACILITY
DE KALB
MS
Barium compounds
1
0
1
5
0.00%
GULF POWER CO - PLANT CRIST
PENSACOLA
FL
Lead compounds
1
0
1
16,857
0.00%
BARRY STEAM PLANT
BUCKS
AL
Lead compounds
1
0
1
14,400
0.00%
GORGAS STEAM PLANT
PARRISH
AL
Lead compounds
0
0
0
3,600
0.00%
E C GASTON ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
WILSONVILLE
AL
Mercury compounds
0
0
0
1,000
0.00%
Toxic hazard : Pounds of direct releases to surface water and estimated releases from transfers to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2017, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes .
Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers : Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.
Quantity of toxic post-treatment releases : Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water plus released after treatment at POTW's.
* Split: if 50% appears in this column, then the facility's releases have been split among two 50/50% ownership parent companies for their parent company data, although the full pounds and hazard are displayed here.
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