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Conifer West

Conifer West

Project Details
Original Construction Year 1998
Most Recent Rebuild Year
Total Cost 0.00
Total Capital Cost $0.00
Latitude / Longitude Method Unknown
Latitude 41.080666
Longitude -79.137903
Elevation 0
Project Conifer West
Project Type Passive Treatment System
Project Status
AMD Source Refuse, Underground
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River Basin Allegheny
Quad Summerville
City/Township Beaver
County Jefferson
State PA

Description: A passive treatment system was constructed in 1998 by the Hanley Brick Corp and PA DEP BMR to treat the BRD06 and BRD01A AMD discharges. The system originally consisted of an ALD followed by settling ponds and wetlands. The ALD received the BRD06 discharge. The effluent of the first set of ponds was then piped to the second set of ponds where the excess alkalinity was used to treat the BRD01A discharge. The ALD began to fail within about a year due to changing water quality conditions including dissolved aluminum and presence of dissolved oxygen. In 2000, a flushing system, hay bales and flow diversion were added to the ALD, but was unsuccessful. The system was retroffited again in 2003. Sometime ca 2010 the system the ALD was retrofitted again as a FeAlMn bed.

Water Quality Data Summary

Treatment Technologies
Treatment Technology Quantity Status
Anaerobic Wetland 1 N/A
Anoxic Limestone Drain (ALD) 1 N/A
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Title System
D1-234 Datashed 1.0
PA-205 OSM
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