called plantnt scherer, it's located in juliette, georgia, and is majority owned by georgia power. each year it produces 3 1/2 million kilowatts of electricity. generating that power requires a lot of coal. over 1,200 tons of coal are burned every hour at plant scherer, and in 2010, that resulted in 2,200 tons of coal ash. and it's all dumped into aa 750-acre unlined pond, meaning nothing prevents toxins from entering the groundwater. >> they built this pnt an areaea where there's no public wawater access. everyone w within a 5-me radius and maybe even further, drinking on private well water. >> that includes donna and phil welch. when they built their home n 2001, they thought they were moving into an ideal countryside home. >> and we were so excited about moving to the country. um, fresh air, you know, kind of john denver-ish generation that we were f from. and we were excxcid aboutut bringing our children to the country. you know, building thehe home of our dreams.s. >> instead, likeke others in juliette, they got sick. >> several years after we moved in, i started developing so