Trout Run
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Moshannon Creek Watershed
Coalition’s 1st Watershed Assessment
Trout Run starts up by Sandy Ridge on top of the mountain.
The stream was dammed close to its headwaters to serve as
the Osceola Mills Reservoir. Approximately one half mile downstream
from the reservoir the first acid mine drainage discharge
dumps into Trout Run, and this pristine water is degraded
to the extent that fish can not live in it. From there the
stream flows past Penn Five and through Spike Island, where
it dumps into Moshannon Creek just below the Osceola Mills
Community Pool/Athletics Fields.
The entire stream was sampled and then walked,
plotted on a map and field test analyzed, a sampling plan
was developed. The sampling plan contained locations where
samples would be collected for one year. We then went back
to the locations and installed water-measuring devices called
weirs.
Four teams of volunteers gathered pH, conductivity,
temperature, and rate of flow data, as well as water samples
monthly. Each team had approximately ten sites to sample.
There were a total of 40 sites where samples were collected
monthly and 12 sites where samples were collected quarterly. |
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