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Spring 1994 · Albright / Muddy Creek / Cheat River

Friends of the Cheat Forms After a Mine Blowout Pollutes the Cheat River

Polluted water from a large, illegally sealed underground coal mine near Albright blew out a hillside and poured into Muddy Creek, then the Cheat River, turning the river orange for miles. Concerned citizens and other stakeholders organized Friends of the Cheat to restore the river and coordinate work against more than a century of mining-related pollution.

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Rebirth of the Cheat River”
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June 9, 2016 · Cheat River / Preston County

EPA Documents the Rebirth of the Cheat River

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported that years of restoration work had returned fishing and whitewater recreation to the Cheat River mainstem, while treatment of polluted tributaries continued. The agency said restoration work reduced acid-mine-drainage pollution entering the Cheat watershed by more than 1.7 million pounds between 2000 and 2013.

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Rebirth of the Cheat River,” June 9, 2016
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