West Virginia Water Research Institute West Virginia University

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West VirginiaWater Research InstituteWest
Virginia University

• Paul F. Ziemkiewicz, Director

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Preserving and restoring the natural environment
through research and partnerships with industry,
government agencies, academia, and citizens groups
Blackwater Falls
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WV Water Research Institute Programs
Paul F. Ziemkiewicz, Director
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive
Research
Geo-Engineering Center
National Mine Land Reclamation Center
Water Resources Research
Groundwater Research Center
Strategic Improvement Plan
Combustion Byproducts Recycling
USDOD base site cleanup
Water Research Projects
EPA Region III Mine Pool Project
Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative
Anti-Degradation TMDLs
Coal Waste Impoundments
Mercury Detection
OSM Technical Support
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WVWRI fy 2004 Funding by Program
Total Federal 4,269,896 Total Cost
Share 2,483,343 GRAND TOTAL 6,753,239
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Water Resources Research

• Yearly base grant provided to WVWRI by U.S.
  Geological Survey
• Grant used to attract new researchers and develop
  new programs to protect West Virginias water
• develops remediation methods for acid mine
  drainage,
• supports local watershed associations
• facilitates funding mechanisms to help
  researchers undertake large-scale water research
  projects

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West Virginia Water Research Advisory Committee

• State
• Allyn Turner, Chair WVDEP-Water Resources
• Brett Preston WVDNR
• Bill Toomey WVBPH
• Industry
• Tom Boggs WV Chamber of Commerce
• Ben Greene WV Coal Industry
• Robert Williams WV Farm Bureau
• Federal
• Hugh Bevans USGS
• Frank Borsuk US EPA
• Tom Feeley USDOE National Energy Technology
  Laboratory
• Gary Wick Federal Bureau of Investigation
• David Meadows U.S. Army Corps of
  Engineers-Huntington
• NGO
• Kiena Smith Canaan Valley Institute

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Role of the West Virginia Advisory Committee for
Water Research

• Identify research priorities
• Review annual request for proposals
• Review and rank proposals
• Review project reports

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Current Priorities

• Watershed remediation
• Aquatic ecosystem integrity
• Water metrics
• Uses for mine water discharge
• Industrial processes and urban sprawl
• Evaluation of water resources

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State Water Conference

• Water Conference 2002 held in Charleston, WV
  October, 2002
• Water Conference 2003 held in Morgantown, WV,
  October, 2003
• Water Conference 2004, October, 2004 Stonewall
  Jackson Conference Center, Roanoke, WV

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State Water Issues Identified by Participants of
WV Water Conference October 23-24, 2002

• Coordinating Water Protection Efforts
• Sewage Non-point Source Contaminants
• Impact of Resource Extraction (logging, mining,
  etc.)
• Nutrient Contamination
• Land Use Planning
• Effects of Urban Sprawl
• Water Security from Planned Attacks
• Pathogen/Biological Contamination
• Contaminant Source Tracking
• Water Rights (selling, transporting water out of
  WV)
• Groundwater Recharge
• Managing Water Through Floods/Droughts
• Assessing Water Quantity Available for Use
• Water Policy (quality, quantity ownership)
• Water Resource Management

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Water Research Highlights

• Following are some of our current water research
  programs

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Todd Petty Forestry

• Hierarchical Classification System for
  Identifying Restoration Priorities and Impact
  Vulnerability in Mined Watersheds of the Mid
  Atlantic Highlands

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Management Type Classification
Management Type IV Restore Protect
Management Type II Protect
Low Pot Eco Condition High Low
Vulnerability High Low Regional Value High
PROTECTION PRIORITY
Management Type I Normal Actions
Management Type III Restore
RESTORATION PRIORITY
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Management Type Classification
Spatial Multiple Criteria Analysis (MCA)
Restoration priorities (high restoration
potential, low current condition Protection
priorities (high current condition, high
vulnerability) Restoration and protection
priorities (moderate current condition,
vulnerability, and restoration potential)
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Dorothy Vesper Geology

• Origins and Treatment of Selenium Associated with
  Coal Mining

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Part 2 Field Sampling, Mud River
From EPA EIS on MTM/VF (1999)
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In-situ extended x-ray absorption fine structure
(EXAFS)
Solid Surface
Hydration sheath limits sorption
Selenite (4)
No hydration sheath, bidentate bonds to FeOOH
Hayes et al. (1987) Science
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Joe Donovan Geologyand Bruce Leavitt

• Abandoned Mine Pool Flooding of the Pittsburgh,
  Ohio and Irwin Basins
• Strategies for Cooling Electric Generating
  Facilities Utilizing Mine Water Technical
  Economic Feasibility

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approximate mine outlines
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Historic datasets discharge chemistry
pH, alkalinity, and net acidity in pumped
discharge from Montour 4 AMD plant
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Paul Ziemkiewicz WVUTony Szwilski Marshall U.

• University technical support for implementation
  of WV Senate Bill 163 The Water Resources
  Protection Act

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WVU and Marshall

• DEP, WVU and Marshall have worked together to
  prioritize research projects for final report (3
  high-priority and 10 lower priority projects)
• WVU and Marshall, with DEPs assistance, will
  target federal funds as quickly as possible
• WVU and Marshall have committed to applying
  80,000 of existing state funds to start
  high-priority projects immediately

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WVU/MarshallHigh Priority Projects

• Flood and drought severity and influences on
  water uses
• Identify potential growth areas where competition
  for water resources may be expected
• Practices or methods persons have implemented to
  reduce water withdrawals

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WVU and MarshallSchedule

• Proposals for priority research projects
  September 2004
• Priority research project implementation -
  October 2004
• Complete test project December 2004
• Complete priority research projects - December
  2005
• DEP will compile a list of available information
  sources to support the research projects
• Availability of funding will be critical to
  meeting time frames and the number of projects
  that can be initiated

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Jeff Skousen Plant and Soil SciencePaul
Ziemkiewicz WRI

• Reforestation of mountaintop mining properties in
  southern West Virginia

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Development of a manual of best
management practices for conversion of surface
mined land to forest.
Jeff Skousen, PhD, Division of Plant and Soil
Science West Virginia University
Paul Ziemkiewicz, PhD, National Mine Land
Reclamation Center
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Brady Gutta WRI

• Watershed Restoration mitigation of the impacts
  of historical acid mine drainage

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Limestone Leach bed
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Results of Limestone Leach bedspH was 4.2 now
6.5
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Tammy Vandivort WRI

• Combustion Byproducts Recycling Consortium

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Recycling Coal Combustion Byproducts

• The Combustion Byproducts Recycling Consortium is
  a DOE-NETL funded program
• Provides seed money to researchers to develop
  innovative applications for coal combustion
  byproducts
• Promotes and supports the commercially viable and
  environmentally sound recycling of coal
  combustion byproducts for productive uses through
  scientific research, development, and field
  testing.

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Research PrioritiesEastern Region

• High volume utilization of ash
• Impact of changing air quality standards
• FGD gypsum in wallboard
• Manufactured products with limited negative
  environmental impacts
• Ashes from co-combustion of different coal ranks
  or different ash chemistries
• Ashes from co-combustion of coal and non-coal
  fuels

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John Quaranta WRI

• Coal Waste Impoundment Safety Evaluates the
  condition of active and abandoned coal waste
  impoundments and develops recommendations for
  management and closure

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How to Reach the WVWRI

• http//wvwri.nrcce.wvu.edu
• Telephone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Mail
• West Virginia Water Research Institute
• West Virginia University
• PO Box 6064
• Morgantown, WV 26506-6064