MANNINGTON, W.Va.
— CONSOL Energy’s
Northern West Virginia Water Treatment Plant is now up and running in Marion County
On Thursday afternoon, Governor
Earl Ray Tomblin helped CONSOL officials dedicate the new facility in
Mannington.
It will treat mine wastewater from
the Blacksville No. 2 Mine, the Loveridge Mine and the Robinson Run Mine.
“The water that comes out now will
be clean enough to raise trout in,” Tomblin said Thursday. He said the
site goes beyond the requirements of the federal Environmental Protection
Agency.
“It’s a great example, not only for
West Virginia, but for the whole country that does mining, to look and say this
is one way you can really help to clean up our environment.”
The facility utilizes technology
that was only developed in recent years.
“By working together, that’s how that change comes about and it
doesn’t happen overnight,” said Tomblin.
