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[deleted] t1_j2t4s7j wrote

Reply to comment by 31spiders in I discovered a lot about PA by simply not using the Turnpike. by Yinzerman1992

Acid mine drainage is beautiful isn’t it.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j2tcal2 wrote

The drainage I sometimes deal with is a rusty color, not blue.

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[deleted] t1_j2tel1d wrote

You might want to read this.

https://tcccc-inc.org/upper-tioga-river/#:~:text=The%20unnatural%20blue%2Dgreen%20color,complex%20provides%20some%20AMD%20remediation.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j2wzdao wrote

Yeah, see, when the water sits as it does at that dam, other chemical reactions come into play. But as noted, in the upper parts, the water tends to be orange due to the acid dissolving iron compounds in the rocks. That color is present in many small streams in the Skook area, mitigated in one place along the Rausch Creek by limestone cairns. Maybe your local Trout Unlimited org can install a few of those along the waterways to mitigate the AMD.

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[deleted] t1_j2x2cjh wrote

It’s still caused by acid mine drainage. It’s not like the tooth fairly goes down there and changes the water pretty colors. The water is blue long before it enters the impoundment as clean feeder streams enter. The same thing happens to beech creek in Clinton and Centre county.

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