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Mountain Laurel Chapter, Trout Unlimited [3] "...the alkaline discharge causes...a red carpet of ferric hydroxide that smothers aquatic insect life...[and]...makes survival of fish in the affected area impossible because of lack of a food source."
Stonycreek-Conemaugh River Improvement Project Rock Hill Tunnel Project [4] "...the alkaline nature of the discharge...simplified the treatment to a simple process of oxidation and settlement of iron oxide."