2009 2010 Mon WQ funded by USGS and WVWRI 2010 2011 Mon WQ funded by USGS and WVWRI 2011 2012 Mon River QUEST Funded by the Colcom Foundation 2012 2016 Three Rivers QUEST Funded by the Colcom Foundation PROGRAM BACKGROUND High TDS events in late summer/early fall 2008 Lead to a shut down of some municipal water intakes when the river exceeded the US EPAs secondary drinking water standards of 500 parts per million (or mg/L) of TDS Complaints from industrial and residential river users Dunkard Creek fish kill September 2009 Evidence that TDS was increasing Primary Sources of Dissolved Solids Brine: Gas development Marcellus returned frac water (RFW) Produced water Sodium Chlorides (higher chloride to sulfate ratio) Coal Mine Drainage: Abandoned mines Active mines - treated effluent Sodium/ Calcium Sulfates RFW is predominantly Cl, Na, Ca The ratio to chloride to sulfate ions looks like a good way to distinguish water from coal mines from frac water. Coal mining influence increases to the left Frac water influence increases to the right Increasing brine CBM/Marcellus Brine and Mine Water Have Different chemical signatures Brine Mine water Sites in relation to AMD discharges; brine treatment; power plants Bi-weekly chemical monitoring stations Reaching into the headwaters with volunteer monitoring 43 sites grab samples analyzed bi-weekly for TDS chemistry >300 sites field measurements; continuous data loggers; and/or grab samples for TDS chemistry Managing data Export CSV Manual Entry Field Data Lab Data Import CSV Multiple Sites Logger Data DATA MANAGEMENT: MANUAL ENTRY DATA MANAGEMENT: IMPORT CSV FILE DATA MANAGEMENT: VISUAL ASSESSMENT Is there visual evidence of sediment entering stream, pond, wetland, or other body of water? Yes Is there an active Sediment Plume? YesNo Is the water currently discolored? YesNo Is there increased sediment deposition to stream bottom? YesNo DATA VISUALIZATION: INTELLIGENT WEB MAPPING Database ArcMap Desktop ArcGIS Server ArcGIS.com Web Map Web App Melissa ONeal