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Mine Discharge

Kalp Treatment System Awarded Funds for Expansion

By Taylor Robbins | January 20, 2023 | 0

On Monday, January 16th, 2023, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) announced that Mountain Watershed Association (MWA) was awarded a total of $222,482 for the The Kalp Passive Treatment…

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February 17: Public Hearing on Shaw Coal Refuse Site

By James Cato | February 2, 2021 | 0

Join MWA stand up to the proposed Shaw Mine Coal Refuse Site by attending the virtual public hearing February 17. This proposed site would add a 131-acre dump site for…

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Why is Indian Creek Flowing Red?

By Rachel Pell | July 8, 2020 | 0

Photo shows the path of the rogue discharge immediately after it enters a clean Indian Creek. In June, MWA received several complaints of visibly polluted water in Indian Creek, seen…

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Passive Treatment—Active Maintenance: When Mine Drainage Treatment Systems Need Fixed

By Jace Marsh | April 23, 2020 | 0

If you saw this along the Indian Creek Valley Trail during the first couple months of 2020, you may have thought something was awry. You would have been correct. That…

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Recent Posts

  • PA American Water in Negotiations to Purchase the Indian Creek Valley Water Authority
  • Zoning Hearing Board Issues Decision on Mountain Pines Campground Expansion
  • Kalp Treatment System Awarded Funds for Expansion
  • Planting Trees to Stabilize the Streambank
  • Residents Turn Out to Stop MAX Expansion

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Curious how to say the name of the river? It's pronounced "yawk-a-gainey" or simply the "yawk." "Youghiogheny" is a Lenape word that means "water following in a contrary direction."

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