Section 319 Nonpoint Source Program Success Story: Pennsylvania: Abandoned Mine Reclamation Passive Treatment System Removes Pollutants

EPA Number:	841F08001W
Date of Publication:	September, 2009
Pages:	2
Audience	concerned citizens, Regulated Community, State and local government
	Publication Comments

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An abandoned mine discharged metals, primarily iron, into Pennsylvania’s Semiconon Run, prompting the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to add it to the state’s 2002 Clean Water Act sec­tion 303(d) list of impaired waters for metals. More...

Keywords:
Surface Water/Watersheds
Water Pollution/Pollutants