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Original Construction Year
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2004
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Most Recent Rebuild Year
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Total Cost
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0.00 |
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Total Capital Cost
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$524,200.00
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Latitude / Longitude Method
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Google Earth/Maps
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Latitude
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40.875000
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Longitude
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-75.761389
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Elevation
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560
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Project
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Lausanne Tunnel
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Project Type
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Passive Treatment System
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Project Status
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Not Operational
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AMD Source
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Underground
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Stream
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Lehigh River
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Watershed
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River Basin
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Delaware
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Quad
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Nesquehoning
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City/Township
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Nesquehoning Boro
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County
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Carbon
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State
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PA
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Description: In order to mitigate the impacts of mine drainage on the Lehigh River, this project used the
existing amount of alkalinity contributed by the Lausanne Tunnel to facilitate the oxidation of
the heavy metals contained within the discharge. The water is naturally aerated and it has been
directed into a 1.5-acre manmade wetland complex, constructed at the Lausanne Tunnel outfall.
