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Dents Run Site 3895

Dents Run Site 3895

Project Details
Original Construction Year 2008
Most Recent Rebuild Year
Total Cost 0.00
Total Capital Cost $0.00
Latitude / Longitude Method Unknown
Latitude 41.340200
Longitude -78.371940
Elevation 1500
Project Dents Run Site 3895
Project Type Passive Treatment System
Project Status
AMD Source Underground
Stream Porcupine Run
Watershed
River Basin Susquehanna
Quad Dents Run & Weedvile
City/Township Benezette Township
County Elk
State PA

Description: An innovative passive treatment system was installed as part of a larger Public-Private Partnership effort among the US Army Corps of Engineers, PA DEP BAMR, PA Game Commission, Elk County Conservation District, Bennetts Branch Watershed Association, P&N Coal, and others to restore the Dents Run Watershed. At the PA3895 site, an innovative passive treatment system was designed by BioMost, Inc to treat several abandoned mine discharges in Porcupine Hollow, one of the most polluted tributaries to Dents Run. The system contains one of the first, if not the first, instance of intentionally constructing low pH iron oxidation and precipitation channels that utilize naturally occurring iron oxidizing bacteria to remove iron at low pH. In addition, the system used an alkaline iron mine discharge to help treat the extremely acidic metal bearing discharges.

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Contact Person:
Contact Organization: Bennett's Branch Watershed Association
Project Designer: Tim Danehy
Project Designer Organization: BioMost, Inc
Project Responsible Organization: Bennett's Branch Watershed Association
Funding
Title Source Amount Date
US Army Corp Of Engineers US Army Corp Of Engineers $407,500.00
External System IDs
Title System
D1-285 Datashed 1.0
PA-278 OSM
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