Top right: Mine spoil (gob) to be reclaimed
Bottom: Beaver pond of poor water quality and exposed clay
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| Belden Project | ||||||||||||||
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| The Belden project was studied and partially designed by the Army Corps of Engineers. Their plans include reclamation of mine spoil and related land as well as a passive treatment system to treat the remaining seeps with a successive alkaline producing system (verticle flow wetlands). Belden discharges large acid loads directly into Huff Run and is the third worst acid loading site to Huff Run. Funding has been secured from a US EPA Targeted Watershed grant for over $700,000 to restore this project. | ||||||||||||||
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| Top left: Discharge from Belden Top right: Mine spoil (gob) to be reclaimed Bottom: Beaver pond of poor water quality and exposed clay |
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