Acid Mine Drainage Impact Study Sites and Summary Tables

Acid mine drainage (AMD) from active and abandoned coal mines has resulted in severely degraded water quality and the substantial loss of aquatic biodiversity. In many Appalachian streams, decades of coal mining have created acidic conditions (pH <5) and other related water quality problems (e.g., toxic levels of metals, heavy sediment loads). Fishes and other aquatic organisms (e.g., macroinvertebrates, salamanders) are negatively impacted by acid/metal pollution and sedimentation from coal mining activities. North Chickamauga Creek (NCC) is a fourth-order tributary to the Tennessee River in the Chattanooga, Tennessee area that has been impacted by AMD from abandoned coal mines. In 1996-98, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga researchers collected data on water quality, habitat, and fishes and other aquatic macrofauna at selected sites in AMD-impacted and reference reaches in the Cumberland Plateau region of the NCC watershed.

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notes Acid mine drainage (AMD) from active and abandoned coal mines has resulted in severely degraded water quality and the substantial loss of aquatic biodiversity. In many Appalachian streams, decades of coal mining have created acidic conditions (pH <5) and other related water quality problems (e.g., toxic levels of metals, heavy sediment loads). Fishes and other aquatic organisms (e.g., macroinvertebrates, salamanders) are negatively impacted by acid/metal pollution and sedimentation from coal mining activities. North Chickamauga Creek (NCC) is a fourth-order tributary to the Tennessee River in the Chattanooga, Tennessee area that has been impacted by AMD from abandoned coal mines. In 1996-98, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga researchers collected data on water quality, habitat, and fishes and other aquatic macrofauna at selected sites in AMD-impacted and reference reaches in the Cumberland Plateau region of the NCC watershed.
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title Acid Mine Drainage Impact Study Sites and Summary Tables