MONDAY CREEK ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION FEASIBILITY STUDY

摘要

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines and Reclamation, is conducting a Feasibility Study to evaluate the applicability and feasibility of various restoration solutions to the overall degradation of the ecosystem of the Monday Creek Watershed. The watershed encompasses 116 square miles (74,240 acres) of Perry, Athens and Hocking Counties, Ohio. Extensive portions of the watershed have been subjected to underground and surface mining since the mid- 1800s and a number of stream reaches are sterile and unable to support diverse, aquatic life due to acid mine drainage (AMD). In addition to the Corps and the ODNR, seven other federal, state and local agencies are actively involved in the project. West Virginia is one of the agencies and its primary role was to develop and use a computer model called the Total Acid Mine Drainage Loading (TAMDL) model simulate the evolution of stream water quality affected by acid mine drainage. The objectives of this paper are to describe the Corps' processes for addressing AMD projects, to presents the results of the model study, and to explain how the stakeholders have worked together to develop a comprehensive plan to address the problems in the Monday Creek Watershed.