New Facility to Treat Acid Mine Drainage in the Cheat River Watershed (2017)
A massive new water treatment facility under construction near Albright, WV will pipe water directly from abandoned mine discharges in the Muddy Creek watershed - a tributary of the Cheat River. The goal is to restore the lower three and a half miles of Muddy Creek, which currently supports no aquatic life. The DEP is partnering with Southwestern Energy as part of the company's "Fresh Water Neutral" initiative. Southwestern is providing funding for roughly two and a half miles of pipelines and contributing to the operation and maintenance costs of the treatment plant.
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