CUP AMD Project

As part of our ongoing effort to raise awareness and provide education about pollution challenges facing the Greater Redstone watershed, GRCI conducted a water monitoring project with a class at California University of Pennsylvania during fall 2004. Thirty students in Earth Science 131 - Introduction to Environmental Geology, under the instruction of Dr. Daria Nikitina, participated in this project.

During this project, students conducted hands-on water quality monitoring for a number of parameters associated with mine drainage, including water temperature, conductivity, carbon dioxide concentration, alkalinity concentration, pH, iron concentration, and flow. Students monitored a site in Redstone Creek, just downstream of the mine discharges near the town of Phillips. This data was compared with data from a site upstream of the mine discharges. A presentation was made to the class at the completion of the project to help them interpret the meaning of their results. To see the presentation, click here. This is a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. If you do not have PowerPoint installed on your computer, you need to download PowerPoint Viewer to view this presentation. The presentation file is 65.5 MB and will take some time to download on slower connections.

Student feedback about the experience was overwhelmingly positive and many said it was the best hands-on environmental experience they had ever been a part of.

We thank the students and Dr. Nikitina for their involvement with this project and we hope to continue such efforts to provide education in the future.


	Solutions Education and Awareness - California University of Pennsylvania Abandoned Mine Drainage Water Monitoring Project

	As part of our ongoing effort to raise awareness and provide education about pollution challenges facing the Greater Redstone watershed, GRCI conducted a water monitoring project with a class at California University of Pennsylvania during fall 2004. Thirty students in Earth Science 131 - Introduction to Environmental Geology, under the instruction of Dr. Daria Nikitina, participated in this project. During this project, students conducted hands-on water quality monitoring for a number of parameters associated with mine drainage, including water temperature, conductivity, carbon dioxide concentration, alkalinity concentration, pH, iron concentration, and flow. Students monitored a site in Redstone Creek, just downstream of the mine discharges near the town of Phillips. This data was compared with data from a site upstream of the mine discharges. A presentation was made to the class at the completion of the project to help them interpret the meaning of their results. To see the presentation, click here. This is a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. If you do not have PowerPoint installed on your computer, you need to download PowerPoint Viewer to view this presentation. The presentation file is 65.5 MB and will take some time to download on slower connections. Student feedback about the experience was overwhelmingly positive and many said it was the best hands-on environmental experience they had ever been a part of. We thank the students and Dr. Nikitina for their involvement with this project and we hope to continue such efforts to provide education in the future.