2009 – 2010 “Mon WQ” funded by USGS and WVWRI 2010 –2011 “Mon WQ” funded by USGS and WVWRI 2011 – 2012 “Mon River QUEST” Funded by the Colcom Foundation 2012 –2016 “Three Rivers QUEST” Funded by the Colcom Foundation PROGRAM BACKGROUND High TDS events in late summer/early fall 2008 –Lead to a shut down of some municipal water intakes when the river exceeded the US EPA’s secondary drinking water standards of 500 parts per million (or mg/L) of TDS –Complaints from industrial and residential river users –Dunkard Creek fish kill September 2009 –Evidence that TDS was increasing

Primary Sources of Dissolved Solids Brine: Gas development –Marcellus returned frac water (RFW) –Produced water Sodium Chlorides (higher chloride to sulfate ratio) Coal Mine Drainage: –Abandoned mines –Active mines’ - treated effluent Sodium/ Calcium Sulfates

RFW is predominantly Cl, Na, Ca  The ratio to chloride to sulfate ions looks like a good way to distinguish water from coal mines from frac water.  Coal mining influence increases to the left  Frac water influence increases to the right Increasing brine

CBM/Marcellus Brine and Mine Water Have Different chemical signatures Brine Mine water

Sites in relation to AMD discharges; brine treatment; power plants

Bi-weekly chemical monitoring stations

Reaching into the headwaters with volunteer monitoring 43 sites – grab samples analyzed bi-weekly for TDS chemistry >300 sites – field measurements; continuous data loggers; and/or grab samples for TDS chemistry

Managing data Export CSV Manual Entry Field Data Lab Data Import CSV Multiple Sites Logger Data

DATA MANAGEMENT: MANUAL ENTRY

DATA MANAGEMENT: IMPORT CSV FILE

DATA MANAGEMENT: VISUAL ASSESSMENT Is there visual evidence of sediment entering stream, pond, wetland, or other body of water? Yes Is there an active Sediment Plume? YesNo Is the water currently discolored? YesNo Is there increased sediment deposition to stream bottom? YesNo

DATA VISUALIZATION: INTELLIGENT WEB MAPPING

Database ArcMap Desktop ArcGIS Server ArcGIS.com

Web Map Web App

Melissa O’Neal