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A COORDINATED EFFORT


Coordination with many agencies and organizations in the Allegheny-Monongahela River Basins Study Unit was integral to the success of this water-quality assessment. We thank those who served as members of our liaison committee.

Federal Agencies

  • National Park Service
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • U.S. Forest Service
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • U.S. Office of Surface Mining , Reclamation and Enforcement

State Agencies

  • Maryland Department of Natural Resources
  • New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • New York State Geological Survey
  • Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
  • Pennsylvania Topographic & Geologic Survey
  • Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
  • Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission
  • West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
  • West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
  • West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey

 

Local Agencies

  • Allegheny County Department of Health
  • Erie County Department of Public Health and Safety
  • Greene County Conservation District
  • Seneca Nation Health Department
  • Somerset County Conservation District

Universities

  • Allegheny College California
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • West Virginia University

Other public and private organizations

  • Allegheny Watershed Network
  • Allegheny County Sanitary Authority
  • American Crop Protection Association
  • French Creek Project
  • Friends of the Cheat
  • Jennings Environmental Education Center
  • Ohio River Basin Commission
  • Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
  • Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation
  • Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

We thank the following individuals, agencies, and organizations for contributing to the success of this study

  • Property owners throughout the Allegheny and Monongahela River Basins, for granting permission to access their property and to sample their wells.
  • Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection offices in Ebensburg and Greensburg, Pa., for providing access to mine permits.
  • West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection offices in Philippi and Nitro, W.Va., for providing access to mine permits.
  • Randy Robinson, for providing white water rafting photographs and rafting guide services on the Cheat River.
  • Dick Snyder, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, for providing access and copies of fish community and survey data.
  • Jay Stauffer, Pennsylvania State University and students for assistance with electrofishing.
  • Charles Durista, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Jay Hawkins, U.S. Office of Surface Mining, and Jen Novak, Allegheny River Alliance, for providing review comments for this report.
  • Technical and editorial reviewers in Lemoyne, Pa., Dr. J. Kent Crawford and Bruce Lindsey.
  • The Reports Publishing Unit, Kim Otto, James Bubb, and Terriann Preston, in Lemoyne, Pa., for their outstanding efforts in bringing this report to publication.
  • Project staff, including seasonal, temporary, student and volunteer staff members of the Pittsburgh office of the U.S. Geological Survey, who assisted in various aspects of this study, including Thomas Noonan, Gregory Wehner, Devon Renock, Erik Eismont, Scott Coulson, Jeffery Weitzel, Greg Hawkins, Jay Hawkins, Craig Uzelac, Douglas Chichester, Adam Locke, Rachel Mowery, Juliane Bowman Brown, and Julie Baldizar.

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U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1202

Suggested citation:

Anderson, R.M., Beer, K.M., Buckwalter, T.F., Clark, M.E., McAuley, S.D., Sams, J.I. III, and Williams, D.R., 2000, Water Quality in the Allegheny and Monongahela River Basins Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New York, and Maryland, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1202, 32 p., on-line at https://pubs.water.usgs.gov/circ1202/

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