FUNDING SOURCE:
Reclamation Agreement funds from the Sunbeam Tipple Restoration Project

PROJECT PARTICIPANTS:
 

Kerry Coal Company	PA Fish and Boat Commission
NRCS	PA Game Commission
WPCAMR	PA DEP Northwest Regional Office
Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition	B.A.M.R.
Slippery Rock University	District Mining Operations(Knox)
Butler County Conservation District

COMPLETION DATE:
Major construction completed August 1997
Water Quality Monitoring ongoing: A Bureau of District Mining Operations(Knox)

MATERIALS USED FOR TREATMENT:
444 yd3 of compost mixed with 145 tons of #9 limestone
1750 tons of AASHTO No. 1 limestone

WATER COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION:
Collection: Check dam and rock lined channel

Inlet: From the collection system, flow is distributed vertically down through a 3.5 foot layer of
compost/limestone mixture to a underdrain system consisting of 4 rows of 4" perforated Schedule 40 PVC connected to a 6" Schedule 40 PVC manifold which is embedded in a 2 foot layer of river gravel of the first cell.  Flow from the underdrain system rises vertically through a 6" Schedule 40 PVC slope pipes and is discharged to the second cell.  The flow moves vertically down through the AASHTO No. 1 limestone of the second cell to an underdrain system similar to that of the first cell.

Outlet: Flow from the second cell is discharged to the retention area through an Inline Water Level Control Structure.  This device can be vertically adjusted to control the pool elevation in the second cell by the use of stop logs. The current elevation of the stops logs creates a 5 foot depth of water above the top of the AASHTO No. 1 limestone. 

SYSTEM DIMENSIONS (FEET):
                                                           Length      Width       Depth 
Cell 1                                                    140           90              15
Cell 2                                                    260           110            15
Retention Area (embankment)          1300         10               5

SOIL AMENDMENTS AND SEED MIXTURE:
Birdsfoot trefoil @ 10 lbs/ac; White Dutch clover @ 4 lbs/ac; KY Bluegrass @ 10 lbs/ac; Winter Wheat cover, Aglime @ 4 tons/ac; 10-20-20 fertilizer; straw @ 100 bales/ac

WATER QUALITY (representative):
 

	Flow	pH	Alk (mg/L)	Acid (mg/L)	Fe (mg/L)	Al (mg/L)
Pre-construction: Raw	82.8	3.3	0	87.4	4.9	3.7
Post-construction: Final	82.8	6.9	109	0	0.6	0.8