Andrew Stacy Andrew.Stacy@mail.wvu.edu www.3riversquest.org WEST - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Andrew Stacy Andrew.Stacy@mail.wvu.edu www.3riversquest.org WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

BACKGROUND High TDS events in late summer/early • fall 2008 – Lead to a shut down of some municipal water intakes when the river exceeded the EPAs 2012 –2017 secondary drinking water “Three Rivers 2011 – 2012 QUEST” Funded standards of 500 parts per million “Mon River by the Colcom QUEST” (or mg/L) of TDS 2010 –2011 Foundation Funded by the “Mon WQ” – Complaints from industrial and Colcom funded by residential river users Foundation USGS and 2009 – 2010 WVWRI – Dunkard Creek fish kill “Mon WQ” September 2009 funded by USGS and – Evidence that TDS was WVWRI increasing WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

Duquesne and Trout Unlimited Allegheny Volunteers WV Water Research Institute Monongahela Volunteers Wheeling Jesuit University Ohio Volunteers WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

MONTHLY CHEMICAL MONITORING STATIONS WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

SITES IN RELATION TO AMD DISCHARGES, BRINE TREATMENT AND POWER PLANTS Site Code Description PN Pine Creek DR Deer Creek - Harmarville A6 Allegheny River below L&D 2 BF Buffalo Creek A22 Allegheny - Tarentum KS Kiskiminetas River KS-L Kiskiminetas River - Leechburg code description LY Loyalhanna Creek at Kingston M11 Mon R. Braddock C37 Conemaugh River at Tunnelton YO Youghiogheny R. BL Blacklick Creek M23 Mon R. Elizabeth C75 Conemaugh River at Seward M61 Mon R. Brownsville A30 Allegheny (L&D 5) TE Ten Mile Ck. CR Crooked Creek M82 Mon R. Masontown CR-FC Crooked Creek - Ford City WH Whiteley Ck. A45 Allegheny River above L&D 7 DU Dunkard Ck. A43 Allegheny River below L&D 7 CH Cheat R. MH Mahoning Creek M89 Mon R. Pt. Marion MH-T Mahoning Creek - Templeton DE Deckers Ck. RD Redbank Creek RD-SC Redbank Creek at Saint Charles M102 Mon R. Morgantown A83 Allegheny River at Parker FM Flaggy Meadows Run CL50 Clarion - Cooksburg IN Indian Ck. CL94 Clarion - Ridgeway TV Tygart Valley R. CL110 Clarion- Wilcox WF West Fk. R. FC French Creek OC Oil Creek - Rouseville TC1 Tionesta Creek - Dam TC33 Tionesta Creek - Lynch A159 Allegheny - West Hickory WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

BRINE AND MINE WATER HAVE DIFFERENT CHEMICAL SIGNATURES YO mmol/L TE mmol/L Cl Cl Mg Mg Ca Ca Brine SO4 SO4 Na Na alk alk Flaggy Meadows Run mmol/L Dunkard Ck mmol/L Cl Indian Ck mmol/L Cl Cl Mg Mine water Mg Mg Ca Ca Ca SO4 SO4 SO4 Na Na Na alk alk alk WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

VOLUNTEER MONITORING • Over 30 volunteer groups • Monitoring at over 163 sites – field measurements; continuous data loggers; and/or grab samples for TDS chemistry. – 52 logger locations have recorded more than 87,000 data records. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

WEB MAPPING WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

DELISTING SULFATE IN MON WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

TARGETED STUDY – TENMILE CREEK RADS WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

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No correlation between intake Br or Cl all intake Br < 0.05 mg/L WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

Funding evolution of QUEST $2.2 Million over 8 years 2012 –2017 “Three Rivers QUEST” Funded 2011 – 2012 by the Colcom Foundation “Mon River QUEST” Funded by the Colcom $699,000 Foundation $508,000 $25,000 $62,000 2009 –2011 $350,000 “Mon WQ” funded by USGS $17,600 and WVWRI $350,000 $74,000 USGS $120,000 WRI $1,959,600 TOTAL $194,000 TOTAL WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY