WESTERN
MARYLAND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, INC.
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MARYLAND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, INC. |
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North Branch Casselman Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Project - Phase 1 - Garrett County
With grants from the U.S. Department of Interior Office of Surface Mining and the Maryland Bureau of Mines, the WMRC&D awarded design and construction contracts to build several systems to treat the AMD and restore the quality of water in the North Branch Casselman to that which is appropriate for the return of aquatic life.
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The
North Branch Casselman River is a high quality mountain stream classified for
water contact recreation and aquatic life. Regions of the river near
Grantsville, in Garrett County, Maryland, have been impaired by acid mine
drainage from abandoned coal mines to the point where aquatic life such as the
Hellbender salamander and stonecat catfish have been eliminated.
The
site contained multiple AMD seeps which drained into the river.
Remediation consisted of building several limestone line settling ponds in order
to remove aluminum and iron and raise the pH before discharging into the North
Branch Casselman River.