Carnegie Mellon University

Operation Scarlift Study of the Uniontown-Connellsville Basin, 1974-1975

Operation Scarlift was a program aimed at prevention, control, and elimination of stream pollution from abandoned coal mining areas in Pennsylvania. It was funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under the Land and Water Conservation and Reclamation Fund, which was created in 1967 by voter referendum. A central component of Operation Scarlift was identification and monitoring of acid mine drainage (AMD) discharges from abandoned deep mines throughout Pennsylvania. Data on flow and chemical composition of mine discharges were compiled and used to assess the magnitude of the AMD problem, and to estimate the costs for collecting and treating AMD discharges. A study of the discharges in the mined-out Uniontown-Connellsville basin was conducted in 1974-75 by Ackenheil & Associates of Pittsburgh, PA. Results were published in Scarlift Report 141-2, May 1977.

Data from Scarlift Report 141-2 are available at this web site. Select a location of interest for a map of discharges monitored in 1974-1975.

On each map, associated flow and water quality data from the Scarlift Report 141-2 may be accessed by clicking on the site of interest or by selecting the site of interest from the list located at the bottom of this page.

Discharges south of the Youghiogheny River (from the deep mine pool)

Phillips/Rankin Run

These sites are located just off Route 51 North of Uniontown.

Adelaide

These sites are most readily seen from what is now a bike path along the Youghiogheny River west of Connellsville, just downstream of the River's Edge Campground in Adelaide.

Discharges north of the Youghiogheny River

North Yough

These sites include all of the gravity-drained discharges located northwest of Connellsville. The three southeastern-most discharges on this map come from the deep mine pool.

Strip Mine Discharges

Bute Run

These discharges were monitored under Scarlift and the data are available.

Scarlift Monitoring Locations and Data

Operation Scarlift Discharge Locations Phillips 1 Phillips 2 Phillips 3 Phillips 4 Phillips 5 Phillips 6 Phillips 10 Yough Mine Survey 19 Yough Mine Survey 20 Yough Mine Survey 54 Yough Mine Survey 55 Yough Mine Survey 56 Yough Mine Survey 57 Yough Mine Survey 58 Yough Mine Survey 59 Uniontown Syncline 2 Uniontown Syncline 3 Uniontown Syncline 4 Uniontown Syncline 5 Uniontown Syncline 6 Uniontown Syncline 7 Uniontown Syncline 8 Uniontown Syncline 9 Uniontown Syncline 10 Uniontown Syncline 11 Uniontown Syncline 12 Uniontown Syncline 13 Uniontown Syncline 14 Uniontown Syncline 15 Uniontown Syncline 16 Uniontown Syncline 17 Uniontown Syncline 18 Uniontown Syncline 19 Uniontown Syncline 20 Uniontown Syncline 21 Uniontown Syncline 22 Uniontown Syncline 31 Uniontown Syncline 32 Uniontown Syncline 33 Uniontown Syncline 34 Uniontown Syncline 35 Uniontown Syncline 36 Uniontown Syncline 37 Uniontown Syncline 38 Uniontown Syncline 39 Uniontown Syncline 40 Uniontown Syncline 41 Uniontown Syncline 42 Uniontown Syncline 43 Uniontown Syncline 44 Uniontown Syncline 45 Uniontown Syncline 46 Uniontown Syncline 47 Uniontown Syncline 48 Uniontown Syncline 49 Uniontown Syncline 50 Uniontown Syncline 51 Uniontown Syncline 52 Uniontown Syncline 53 Uniontown Syncline 54 Uniontown Syncline 55 Uniontown Syncline 56 Uniontown Syncline 57 Uniontown Syncline 58 Uniontown Syncline 59 Uniontown Syncline 60 Uniontown Syncline 61 Uniontown Syncline 62 Uniontown Syncline 63 Uniontown Syncline 64 Uniontown Syncline 65 West Leisenring 1 West Leisenring 2 West Leisenring 3 West Leisenring 4 West Leisenring 5 West Leisenring 6 West Leisenring 7 West Leisenring 8 West Leisenring 9 West Leisenring 10 West Leisenring 11 West Leisenring 12 West Leisenring 13 West Leisenring 14 West Leisenring 15 West Leisenring 16 West Leisenring 17 West Leisenring 18 West Leisenring 27

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