{"id":13867,"date":"2026-09-28T17:23:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/?p=13867"},"modified":"2026-09-28T17:23:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:23:02","slug":"for-world-rivers-day-cleaning-up-and-restoring-amd-for-the-susquehanna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2026\/for-world-rivers-day-cleaning-up-and-restoring-amd-for-the-susquehanna\/","title":{"rendered":"For World Rivers Day: Cleaning Up and Restoring AMD for the Susquehanna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Susquehanna River is the longest river on the east coast of the United States. It flows for 444 miles, from Cooperstown, NY to the Chesapeake Bay in Havre de Grace, MD, as it\u2019s main branch. The West Branch Susquehanna originates in northern Cambria County, Pennsylvania and travels 228 miles southeast to join the main branch in Northumberland. The river basin drains 27,000 square miles of Pennsylvania watershed to the Atlantic\u2013 nearly half of the land mass of the state of Pennsylvania!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1997 the Susquehanna was designated an \u201cAmerican Heritage River\u201d by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; an initiative that aimed to represent a diverse group of waterways in need of, or revitalized examples of, environmental restoration, cultural protection, and economic revitalization. The environmental nonprofit American Rivers named the Susquehanna the year\u2019s \u201cMost Endangered River\u201d in 2005, and \u201c#3 Most Endangered River\u201d in 2016. This designation is in part due to the excessive amounts of pollution the river receives.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD) impacts both branches of the Susquehanna River along their entire lengths. The Main Bituminous Coalfields (soft coal) drain polluted water to the west branch, and the Anthracite Coalfields (hard coal) drain polluted water to the eastern portion of the river basin. In Pennsylvania, AMD is the second highest cause of water pollution, behind only agricultural runoff. Only 30% of streams in the Susquehanna basin demonstrate the natural hydrological and ecological qualities of a healthy stream. Many outside of this 30% have been declared \u201cbiologically dead\u201d as they support no aquatic life due to the level of pollution in the water.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12470\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_9477-1-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12470\" data-attachment-id=\"12470\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2021\/pa-dep-bureau-of-abandoned-mine-reclamation-and-epcamr-highlight-legacy-abandoned-mine-lands-amd-with-inside-climate-news-reporter\/img_9477-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_9477-1-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Old Forge Borehole AMD picture\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Old Forge Borehole AMD picture as it flows into the Lackawanna River.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Old Forge Borehole AMD picture as it flows into the Lackawanna River.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_9477-1-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12470\" src=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_9477-1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_9477-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_9477-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_9477-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_9477-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_9477-1-150x113.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Forge Borehole AMD picture as it flows into the Lackawanna River.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"569\" data-attachment-id=\"13868\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2026\/for-world-rivers-day-cleaning-up-and-restoring-amd-for-the-susquehanna\/amd-streams-susquehanna-basin\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/amd-streams-susquehanna-basin.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,569\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"amd-streams-susquehanna-basin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/amd-streams-susquehanna-basin.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/amd-streams-susquehanna-basin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/amd-streams-susquehanna-basin.jpg 750w, https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/amd-streams-susquehanna-basin-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/amd-streams-susquehanna-basin-150x114.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Map of the Susquehanna River Basin highlighting AMD problem areas and impaired streams, courtesy of Susquehanna River Basin Commission.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aquatic organisms are only the \u201ccanary in the coal mine\u201d in this situation. In addition to impacting alkalinity, which on either extreme of the spectrum will harm aquatic life, AMD releases sediments, dissolved metals, and unfriendly gasses. Released gasses, like CO2 and methane, attract mosquitoes which can cause further harm to organisms in the nearby environment. Sediments and dissolved metals such as aluminum clog the gills of organisms living in the polluted waters and can eventually drive these organisms out of the ecosystem. Downstream effects include the leaching of these dissolved metals (think lead, manganese, iron) into groundwater supplies, which are used for municipal drinking water. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awwa.org\/\">American Water Works Association<\/a> raises awareness of impaired groundwater with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awwa.org\/communications-and-outreach\/source-water-protection-week\/\">Source Water Protection Week<\/a>. This year, it begins on <a href=\"https:\/\/worldriversday.com\/\">World Rivers Day<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"13871\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/2026\/for-world-rivers-day-cleaning-up-and-restoring-amd-for-the-susquehanna\/2026-swpw-safe-water-1080x1350-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-SWPW-safe-water-1080x1350-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1350\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2026-SWPW-safe-water-1080&amp;#215;1350-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-SWPW-safe-water-1080x1350-1-819x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-SWPW-safe-water-1080x1350-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-SWPW-safe-water-1080x1350-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-SWPW-safe-water-1080x1350-1-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-SWPW-safe-water-1080x1350-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-SWPW-safe-water-1080x1350-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Source Water Protection week runs from September 27 to October 3, 2026. Courtesy of American Water Works Association.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treatment of Abandoned Mine Lands takes years, millions of dollars, and continued maintenance efforts. Simply \u201cwaiting it out\u201d, i.e. waiting for the underground pollutants to deplete, would likely take hundreds of years. Treatment of AMD runoff involves raising or lowering the pH (alkalinity) of the water and removing heavy metals to allow the waterway to return to a state that can again support aquatic life and natural biological processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read about the professional services and technical assistance that EPCAMR provides across PA and our region impacted by AMD and abandoned mine lands in our <a href=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EPCAMR-presentation-folder.pdf\">EPCAMR presentation folder<\/a>. You can also find out more about our work in our latest <a href=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/EPCAMR-brochure-2026.pdf\">EPCAMR brochure 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about AMD Treatment Systems <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/epcamr.org\/storage\/projects\/FactSheets\/AMD_Treatment_Systems.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or visit the \u201cFact Sheets\u201d section of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/epcamr.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">epcamr.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Susquehanna River is the longest river on the east coast of the United States. It flows for 444 miles, from Cooperstown, NY to the Chesapeake Bay in Havre de Grace, MD, as it\u2019s main branch. 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