Acid Mine Drainage in Dry Fork

On or around March 7, 2007, an abandoned mine had a blow out and now acid mine drainage is gushing into Little Dry Fork, just west of Whitesburg, KY. The orange water, increased water flow, and the changed chemical makeup of the water has decimated aquatic life in the creek. The acid mine drainage flows into Dry Fork and then into the North Fork of the Kentucky River. The plume of cloudy orange runoff extends at least one mile downstream from the mouth of Dry Fork.

Appalshop created this piece as a collaboration with WMMT's Community Correspondents Corps (CCC) and Appalshop Films.

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News & Politics

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• Appalshop
• WMMT
• Appalachia
• Mining
• Acid
• Mine
• Drainage
• AMD
• Water
• Dry
• Fork
• Kentucky
• River

[grabjet]

I think I may have a solution (not a chemical composition but a technology) to treat this AMD in-situ. Please contact me at grabr@yahoo.com or 303-904-2725 if interested.

Thank you,

=Greg

[foxhound0908]

that looks much more better than some places where the place looks like hell and water there is bloody red.

[SAVAGEKEYCONSULTING]

If we threw tnt up the earths ass, would it blow the guts out, like your ass?

[Apoc897]

Why is America always so fucked up?

[TraeBuckner]

thanks for posting this! This is no different than the situation(s) that we have here in West Virginia.. Thanks to you Appalshop for showing the REAL Appalachian lifestyle and the real issues affecting our beloved region.. Keep it up!!

[ForwardToEden]

Thanks for this well-done report.

Was there any natural gas drilling in the area before the change occurred?

Thanks again.

[mzw]

yah, but i didn't know if it was mine drainage or what..

[supremesquatchmaster]

It's iron. The iron rusts when it comes into contact with the oxygen in the water.

[supremesquatchmaster]

Coal

[w30olds]

not dry any more LOOKS WET TO ME