OSMRE’s Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program (WCAP) provides funds to nonprofit organizations for the construction of acid mine drainage treatment facilities that help restore the health of local streams.
“Watersheds are essential for communities, supplying water for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and recreational uses,” said OSMRE Regional Director Tom Shope. “WCAP funds help local nonprofit groups restore watersheds harmed by abandoned mine lands and support citizen-based conservation in coal communities.”
Stream Restoration Incorporated, a nonprofit dedicated to addressing issues related to abandoned mine sites by working to restore the land and treat acid mine drainage, was awarded the WCAP funds to improve the Maiden Passive Treatment System in Dunkard Township.
The treatment system’s limestone bed is showing signs of being plugged with metals and needs to be rebuilt.
Once completed, the system is expected to treat an estimated 150 million gallons of acid mine drainage per year, preventing more than 25,000 pounds of iron and 20,000 pounds of aluminum from entering Dunkard Creek and harming aquatic life.
“Stream Restoration Incorporated is grateful to receive the WCAP grant from OSMRE,” said Cliff Denholm, executive director of Stream Restoration. “These matching funds are critical to complete our project to rehabilitate the Maiden Passive Treatment System and improve Dunkard Creek by leveraging more than $240,000 from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.”
Visit OSMRE’s Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program webpage to learn more about this program.
Statewide Conferences:
-- PA Statewide Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. 24-26 In Altoona [PaEN]
-- PA Statewide Watershed Conference Oct. 29-30 In Altoona [PaEN]
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[Posted: August 17, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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