Consol Sets Plan for W.Va. Water Treatment Plant
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
13 July 2011
Consol Energy Inc., a Cecil-based coal and natural gas producer, said
Tuesday that Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies will design, build
and operate a $200 million mine water treatment system near Mannington,
W.Va.
Construction of the zero liquid waste discharge system is to begin this
month and be finished by May 2013. Consol said Veolia will treat mine
drainage from Consol's Blacksville No. 2, Loveridge and Robinson Run
mining operations. Consol agreed to build the plant and pay a $5.5
million fine for federal Clean Water Act violations at six mines in
West Virginia.
The agreement was made after algae killed aquatic life in 2009 along
Dunkard Creek in Greene County. Consol temporarily stopped discharging
into the creek, and said it determined later its operations didn't
cause the algae bloom.