This report describes a compilation of existing water-quality data associated with groundwater resources originating from abandoned underground coal mines in West Virginia. Data were compiled from multiple sources for the purpose of understanding the suitability of groundwater from abandoned underground coal mines for public supply,industrial, agricultural, and other uses. This compilation includes data collected for multiple individual studies conducted from July 13,1973 through September 7, 2016. Analytical methods varied by the time period of data collection and requirements of the independent studies.
This project identified 770 water-quality samples from 294 sites that could be attributed to abandoned underground coal mine aquifers originating from multiple coal seams in West Virginia.
Source: usgs.gov