Special Studies on water quality

 

Below is a list of Special Studies that have occurred within the Watershed Assessment Branch and often in conjuction with other groups including other DEP personnel, Federal personnel, and often locals.

 

Following is a list of the special studies that are available on our website.  Click on a study and it will take you to downloadable documents and links.

Dunkard Creek Fish Kill Information
LINK Dunkard Creek Fish Kill page - click here  
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Greenbrier  Algae
Greenbrier River assessment of filamentous Algae 12/2008

Greenbrier Algae Power Point Presentation in PDF format

 5/2009
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Selenium Study
  WVDEP Selenium Analytical Method Comparison Study 5/2010 
  Selenium Larvae report (revised March 26, 2010)                                  3/2010 
Selenium Bioaccumulation among Select Stream and Lake Fishes in West Virginia 2/2009
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Selenium Fish Tissue data between March 2006 - June 2008

 3/2006-6/2008
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Potomac /Shenandoah Fish Kill and Intersex Study
LINK Information from a Virginia-West Virginia Fish Kill Investigation workshop held in January 2008   1/2008
  U.S. EPA's DRAFT Causal Analysis of Fish Kills in the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers:  A Report from a Workshop held January 16-18, 2007  1/2007
LINK  Information from a Virginia-West Virginia Fish Kill Investigation workshop held in September 2006 9/2006 
 

Stream conditions at the time of the fish kill in May 2006

 5/2006
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USGS Open-File Report 2006-1393 - A Reconnaissance for Emerging Contaminants in the South Branch Potomac River, Cacapon River, and Williams River Basins, West Virginia, April-October 2004

  4/2004
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C-8 Investigation
Consent Order 11/2001

Final Ammonium Perfluorooctanoate (C8) Assessment of Toxicity Team (CATT) Report

 9/2002
Final Report - C-8 Assessment of Toxicity Team (CATT) Report Addendum - Aquatic Life Advisory Concentration for C-8 10/2002
Ammoniun Perfluorooctanoate (C-8) Groundwater Investigation Steeering Team (GIST) Report 9/2003
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