A view of Sulfur Creek in Adams Township, Cambria County below the Village of Dunlo and immediately downstream of one of the 8 major deep mine discharges in the Little Conemaugh Basin.

The borehole discharge has been measured at up to 1700 gallons per minute. The discharge is from deep mines abandoned many years ago. The pH of the water is below 3.4 and it has iron concentrations of up to 145 mg/l, Manganese of up to 19 mg/l and Aluminum up to 25.4
mg/l.

The Project
The Ebensburg Regional Office of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Mining and Reclamation, the Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority and the Cooney Bros. Coal Co. embarked on a cleanup program of Sulfur Creek. The Authority acquired ownership of the tract. The PADEP Mining Office has, with the volunteer help of DaMariscotta (a Clarion, PA Consulting Firm specializing in the design of passive amd treatment systems), developed a plan for remediation of the entire Sulfur Creek watershed. The borehole shown above is the largest problem.