AMD and treatment throughout Appalachia
A Mine’s Still-Toxic Legacy
Last week, The Washington Post wrote about acid mine drainage that pollutes Georges Creek in Western Maryland. The discharge had been only a trickle until a collapse within an abandoned coal mine triggered a surge in volume and acidity. The article describes the impacts to Georges Creek and recognizes the shortcoming of federal funding levels toward abandoned mine reclamation.
Passive Treatment Inventory
The U.S. Office of Surface Mining has unveiled an online inventory of passive abandoned mine drainage treatment systems. The freely-accessible database compiles information about 300 treatment systems in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland, including their locations, technologies, costs, and funding sources.