Skip to content
MWA Logo Final-04
  • News
  • Events
  • Shop
  • Donate
  • Volunteer
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Our Team
      • Join Our Team
    • Youghiogheny Riverkeeper
    • Annual Reports
    • Contact
  • Conservation
    • River Conservation Plans
    • Land Conservation
    • Treatment Systems
    • Water Sampling
  • Campaigns
    • Nurdle Patrol
    • MAX Environmental Hazardous & Residual Waste Landfill
    • Rustic Ridge Coal Mine
    • Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station
    • Direct Support Fund
    • Campaign Archive
  • Recreation
    • Indian Creek Valley Trail
    • Youghiogheny River Water Trail
  • Education
    • Education Programs
    • Outdoor Lending Library
  • Get Involved
    • Ways to Give
      • Donate
    • Support our Fundraising Campaigns
    • Volunteer
  • Search field required
    Search
  • News
  • Events
  • Shop
  • Donate
  • Volunteer
MWA Logo Final-01
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Our Team
      • Join Our Team
    • Youghiogheny Riverkeeper
    • Annual Reports
    • Contact
  • Conservation
    • River Conservation Plans
    • Land Conservation
    • Treatment Systems
    • Water Sampling
  • Campaigns
    • Nurdle Patrol
    • MAX Environmental Hazardous & Residual Waste Landfill
    • Rustic Ridge Coal Mine
    • Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station
    • Direct Support Fund
    • Campaign Archive
  • Recreation
    • Indian Creek Valley Trail
    • Youghiogheny River Water Trail
  • Education
    • Education Programs
    • Outdoor Lending Library
  • Get Involved
    • Ways to Give
      • Donate
    • Support our Fundraising Campaigns
    • Volunteer
  • Search field required
    Search
MWA Logo Final-01
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Our Team
      • Join Our Team
    • Youghiogheny Riverkeeper
    • Annual Reports
    • Contact
  • Conservation
    • River Conservation Plans
    • Land Conservation
    • Treatment Systems
    • Water Sampling
  • Campaigns
    • Nurdle Patrol
    • MAX Environmental Hazardous & Residual Waste Landfill
    • Rustic Ridge Coal Mine
    • Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station
    • Direct Support Fund
    • Campaign Archive
  • Recreation
    • Indian Creek Valley Trail
    • Youghiogheny River Water Trail
  • Education
    • Education Programs
    • Outdoor Lending Library
  • Get Involved
    • Ways to Give
      • Donate
    • Support our Fundraising Campaigns
    • Volunteer
  • Search field required
    Search

Water

Nearly 200 Acres Along Rasler Run To Be Protected

By Taylor Robbins | March 6, 2023 | 0

MWA is proud to announce that we are now the sole owners of 186.17 acres of property in the Indian Creek Valley Gorge. The property is located in Springfield Township…

Read More

PA American Water in Negotiations to Purchase the Indian Creek Valley Water Authority

By Madison Hinkle | February 7, 2023 | 0

PA American Water has indicated its wishes to buy the Indian Creek Valley Water Authority (ICVWA). If successful, the move would result in privatizing the now-public entity, reflecting a larger…

Read More

MAX Landfill Expansion Comes with Flood Risk

By James Cato | November 9, 2022 | 0

MAX Environmental, the sole RCRA Class C Hazardous Waste Facility in the state of Pennsylvania, is filling up. To extend their profits, MAX Environmental is applying for the permits for…

Read More

Take Action Today: PA Senate sells out Municipal Water with SB597

By Stacey Magda | August 31, 2022 | 0

Recently, the Pennsylvania Senate passed SB 597, the “Water Quality Accountability Act’. If signed into law, it would raise the cost of operations for public water authorities by implementing burdensome…

Read More

MWA Tests Nurdle Patrol Against Spill

By James Cato | June 10, 2022 | 0

MWA responded to buffer cars filled with nurdles careening into the water and crumpling on the riverbanks.

Read More

Water Guardians Afterschool Club Receives Funding for 2022/2023 School Year

By Morgan Moran | May 27, 2022 | 0

The Mountain Watershed Association (MWA) is happy to announce a new upcoming education project: the Water Guardians After School Youth Club. During the 2022-23 school year, this club will take…

Read More
« Newer Posts
Older Posts »

Recent Posts

  • Massive 3.75 GW power plant complex proposed for rural Fayette County
  • Troubled Waters – a gathering at Blue Hole Creek
  • Sewickley Township Approves New Rules for Data Centers
  • Following MWA Legal Victory, DEP Accepts First Unsuitable-for-Mining Petition for Review in 30 Years
  • What Does the Proposed ICVWA Settlement Mean for Our Community?

Categories

  • Allegheny Energy Center
  • Allegheny Mountain
  • Blue Hole Creek
  • Bomb Trains
  • Campaigns
  • Climate Change
  • Coal
  • Community Resources
  • Conservation
  • Curry
  • Data Centers
  • Direct Support Fund
  • Education
  • Energy Conservation Series
  • Events
  • Fracking
  • Fundraising Campaign
  • Hydrogen
  • Indian Creek
  • Indian Creek Valley Plant Series
  • Indian Creek Valley Trail
  • Injection Well
  • Invenergy
  • Mariner East
  • MAX Environmental
  • Meet The Staff
  • Mine Discharge
  • Nurdles
  • Posts
  • Rasler Run
  • Recreation
  • Revtai
  • Rustic Ridge
  • Shale Gas
  • Stories of the River
  • Swimmable Waters
  • Tanta Bella
  • tenaska
  • Toxic Waste
  • Uncategorized
  • Water
  • Water Matters Series
  • Watersheds
  • Yough River
Untitled design (5) (opens in new tab)
MWA Logo Final-02

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."

Contact | Donate | Subscribe

© 2026 Mountain Watershed Association. All Rights Reserved. | Powered by Maple Creative