{"id":2268,"date":"2013-01-23T16:54:30","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T21:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/?page_id=2268"},"modified":"2017-07-17T14:04:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T18:04:37","slug":"newport-creek","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/current-initiatives\/technical-assistance\/watershed-assessment\/watersheds\/wyoming-valley-watersheds\/newport-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Newport Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newport Creek is approximately 20 miles long, originating at the Glen Lyon Pump AMD Discharge and strip mine lands in Newport Township and discharging into the North Branch of the Susquehanna River west of Nanticoke City. \u00a0The South Branch of Newport Creek originates at Fairchild Pond and wetland areas between Little Wilkes-Barre and Penobscot\u00a0Mountains.\u00a0 \u00a0The watershed is located in the southeastern portion of Wyoming Valley and is contained within three (3)\u00a0municipalities. The Newport Creek Watershed is comprised\u00a0of four (4) individual subwatersheds including South Branch of Newport Creek, Reservoir Creek, and Middle Branch of Newport Creek. \u00a0A majority of the watershed is underlain by underground mines and a mine pool, to which it looses surface water flows. \u00a0There is evidence of stream rerouting in almost all headwaters areas. \u00a0The creek picks up two (2) more AMD deep mine discharges and several seeps: the Newport Lake (a 20 acre lake of mine drainage) discharge and related seeps near Newport Center Section of Newport Township, the Susquehanna #7 Airshaft #2 Discharge near Nanticoke and the Auchenloss seep near the Alden Section of Newport Township.<\/p>\n<p>Reports for the Watershed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dep.state.pa.us\/dep\/deputate\/watermgt\/wqp\/wqstandards\/tmdl\/Newport%20Creek%20Final%20TMDL%20V2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newport Creek TMDL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amrclearinghouse.org\/Sub\/SCARLIFTReports\/NewportCreek\/NewportCreek.htm\">Operation SCARLIFT:\u00a0Newport Creek Watershed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/22620693\/Effects_of_Historical_Coal_Mining_and_Drainage_from_Abandoned_Mines_on_Streamflow_and_Water_Quality_in_Newport_and_Nanticoke_Creeks_Luzerne_County_Pennsylvania_1999-2000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The impact of mining on the Newport and Nanticoke Creek watersheds, Luzerne County, PA<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; a one-year assessment of physical and biological impacts \/ prepared by Wilkes University Wetland Technical Team.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newport Creek is approximately 20 miles long, originating at the Glen Lyon Pump AMD Discharge and strip mine lands in Newport Township and discharging into the North Branch of the Susquehanna River west of Nanticoke City. \u00a0The South Branch of Newport Creek originates at Fairchild Pond and wetland areas between\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/current-initiatives\/technical-assistance\/watershed-assessment\/watersheds\/wyoming-valley-watersheds\/newport-creek\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2222,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2268","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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