Coal mining cleanup in Ohio waterway showing mixed results

Midwest Energy News: Efforts to improve water quality in an Ohio stream polluted by drainage from coal mines may be having unintended consequences, according to new research.

More than a decade after in-stream remediation began for the Hewett Fork in southeastern Ohio, the amount and diversity of life remains depressed downstream from old coal mining operations. Part of the problem appears to be low levels of nutrients needed for healthy biological diversity.

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