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.

Muddy Creek Watershed Restoration

• Muddy Creek Watershed Restoration
• Date: February, 2020
• Description: Muddy Creek Watershed Restoration Status Report Biological Monitoring Results

Three Fork Creek Watershed Restoration

• Three Fork Creek Watershed Restoration
• Date: February, 2020
• Description: Three Fork Creek Watershed Restoration Status Report Biological Monitoring Results

Dunkard Creek Fish Kill Information

• Dunkard Creek Fish Kill Information
• Description: Dunkard Creek fish kill page.

Greenbrier Algae

• Greenbrier River Filamentous Algae Assessment
• Date: December, 2008
• Description: Greenbrier River assessment of filamentous Algae

• Greenbrier Algae Presentation
• Date: May, 2009
• Description: Greenbrier Algae Power Point Presentation in PDF format

Selenium Study

• Selenium Comparison Study
• Date: May, 2010
• Description: WVDEP Selenium Analytical Method Comparison Study

• Selenium Larvae Report
• Date: March, 2010
• Description: Selenium Larvae Report

• Selenium Bioaccumulation
• Date: February, 2009
• Description: Selenium Bioaccumulation among Select Stream and Lake Fishes in West Virginia

• Selenium Fish Tissue
• Date: March, 2006 - June, 2008
• Description: Selenium Fish Tissue data

• Selenium Water Quality
• Date: November, 2005 - July, 2007
• Description: Selenium Water Quality Stream Data

Potomac/Shenandoah Fish Kill and Intersex Study

• Virginia-West Virginia Fish Kill Investigation Workshop
• Date: January, 2008
• Description: Information from a Virginia-West Virginia Fish Kill Investigation workshop

• U.S. EPA's DRAFT Causal Analysis of Fish Kills in the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers
• Date: January, 2007
• Description: U.S. EPA's DRAFT Causal Analysis of Fish Kills in the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers: A Report from a Workshop

• Virginia-West Virginia Fish Kill Investigation Workshop
• Date: September, 2006
• Description: Information from a Virginia-West Virginia Fish Kill Investigation workshop

• Stream Conditions
• Date: May, 2006
• Description: Stream conditions at the time of the fish kill

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

• Additional Information
• Description: Additional information on Potomac/Shenandoah fish kills

C-8 Investigation

• Consent Order
• Date: November, 2001
• Description: Consent order

• Ammonium Perfluorooctanoate (C8) Assessment of Toxicity Team (CATT) Report
• Date: September, 2002
• Description: Final Ammonium Perfluorooctanoate (C8) Assessment of Toxicity Team (CATT) Report

• C-8 Assessment of Toxicity Team (CATT) Report Addendum
• Date: October, 2002
• Description: Final Report - C-8 Assessment of Toxicity Team (CATT) Report Addendum - Aquatic Life Advisory Concentration for C-8

• Ammoniun Perfluorooctanoate (C-8) Groundwater Investigation Steeering Team (GIST) Report
• Date: September, 2003
• Description: Ammoniun Perfluorooctanoate (C-8) Groundwater Investigation Steeering Team (GIST) Report

• Additional Information
• Description: Additional information on C-8 Investigation