2020

In 2020, a Qualified Hydrologic Unit Plan was created for the Catawissa Creek which serves to determine that the watershed qualifies for reclamation funding from the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act.  The QHUP pulls together water quality data, evidence of local support for restoration, restoration goals, and a cost/benefit analysis to be ~1.9:1.0 in favor of restoration.  As a result, the state placed the Audenreind Tunnel on a list of AMD discharges to be evaluated for active treatment and the land where the current passive treatment sits was obtained by PA DCNR.