MORGANTOWN — The Richard Mine acid mine drainage treatment plant is starting to take shape. The Dominion Post visited the site on Tuesday for a construction update. You can't see much from the road: the big bridge spanning the creek, some metal sheds, some heavy equipment, a ...
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelly Moore Capito and Rep. David McKinley spent Monday morning touring Morgantown Utility Board's wastewater treatment plant and visiting the construction site for the Richard Mine acid mine drainage treatment plant. Capito and McKinley learn about ultraviolet ...
‘Richard Mine’ focuses on source of orange sediment Newsroom@DominionPost.com Arthurdale Heritage will host a special exhibit “The Richard Mine” today through Dec. 18, focusing on the source and cause of the orange sediment that taints the Deckers Creek watershed. The ...
MORGANTOWN – Local natural gas producer Northeast Natural Energy has joined the effort to clean up the toxic drainage pouring from the Richard Mine into Deckers Creek. Northeast announced that it has partnered with the state Department of Environmental Protection to cover the annual cost ...
MORGANTOWN -- Two U.S. Department of Interior officials joined Rep. David McKinley on a visit to the site of the Richard Mine outlet into Deckers Creek, where a discharge treatment plant is planned for construction next year. The stopped capped a tour of West Virginia by U.S. Department of ...
MORGANTOWN -- A proposed Richard Mine discharge treatment plant has moved a step forward, with the Department of Environmental Protection recently opening bids to build a bridge across Deckers Creek to allow access to the mine portal and treatment site from W.Va. 7. DEP had been using a ...