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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

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Andrew Stacy Andrew.Stacy@mail.wvu.edu www.3riversquest.org

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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 secondary drinking water standards of 500 parts per million (or mg/L) of TDS – Complaints from industrial and residential river users – Dunkard Creek fish kill September 2009 – Evidence that TDS was increasing

2009 – 2010 “Mon WQ” funded by USGS and WVWRI 2010 –2011 “Mon WQ” funded by USGS and WVWRI 2011 – 2012 “Mon River QUEST” Funded by the Colcom Foundation 2012 –2017 “Three Rivers QUEST” Funded by the Colcom Foundation

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

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MONTHLY CHEMICAL MONITORING STATIONS

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SITES IN RELATION TO AMD DISCHARGES, BRINE TREATMENT AND POWER PLANTS

code description M11 Mon R. Braddock YO Youghiogheny R. M23 Mon R. Elizabeth M61 Mon R. Brownsville TE Ten Mile Ck. M82 Mon R. Masontown WH Whiteley Ck. DU Dunkard Ck. CH Cheat R. M89 Mon R. Pt. Marion DE Deckers Ck. M102 Mon R. Morgantown FM Flaggy Meadows Run IN Indian Ck. TV Tygart Valley R. WF West Fk. R. 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 LY Loyalhanna Creek at Kingston C37 Conemaugh River at Tunnelton BL Blacklick Creek C75 Conemaugh River at Seward A30 Allegheny (L&D 5) CR Crooked Creek CR-FC Crooked Creek - Ford City A45 Allegheny River above L&D 7 A43 Allegheny River below L&D 7 MH Mahoning Creek MH-T Mahoning Creek - Templeton RD Redbank Creek RD-SC Redbank Creek at Saint Charles A83 Allegheny River at Parker CL50 Clarion - Cooksburg CL94 Clarion - Ridgeway CL110 Clarion- Wilcox FC French Creek OC Oil Creek - Rouseville TC1 Tionesta Creek - Dam TC33 Tionesta Creek - Lynch A159 Allegheny - West Hickory

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BRINE AND MINE WATER HAVE DIFFERENT CHEMICAL SIGNATURES

YO mmol/L

Cl Mg Ca SO4 Na alk

TE mmol/L

Cl Mg Ca SO4 Na alk

Indian Ck mmol/L

Cl Mg Ca SO4 Na alk

Flaggy Meadows Run mmol/L

Cl Mg Ca SO4 Na alk

Dunkard Ck mmol/L

Cl Mg Ca SO4 Na alk

Mine water Brine

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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.

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WEB MAPPING

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DELISTING SULFATE IN MON

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TARGETED STUDY – TENMILE CREEK RADS

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

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2009 –2011 “Mon WQ” funded by USGS and WVWRI $74,000 USGS $120,000 WRI

$194,000 TOTAL

2011 – 2012 “Mon River QUEST” Funded by the Colcom Foundation

$62,000

2012 –2017 “Three Rivers QUEST” Funded by the Colcom Foundation $699,000 $508,000 $25,000 $350,000 $17,600 $350,000

$1,959,600 TOTAL

Funding evolution of QUEST $2.2 Million

ver 8 years