Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Black Water Spill, Clear Fork River

 
Taking water samples from a massive blackwater spill in the Clear Fork of the Coal River today. Spilled from a surface mine up Horse Creek owned by Pioneer Fuels. 
The last photo is of the affected river, running into an unaffected river. You can really see the contrast between the green water vs. the blackwater.

2 comments:

  1. it does look cool, but it means that tons of toxins and mining by-products were dumped into our river, our drinking water, our soil...

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