West Virginia Whitewater
Posted on March 25, 2008 | By Denny Tyler | No Comments
When I wrote the posts Into The Headwaters, I had some pictures I wasn’t able to show because I had no clue what it was.
The only thing I knew for sure – West Virginia was sporting a new form of whitewater.
This weekend a friend and I were exploring some of the roads on Bolt Mountain when we ran across this small water basin.
The next photo you can click on for full size. I know sodium carbonate is used to control the ph levels in the water from mine drainage. But how far out can the ph be when the water runs white with a ph adjuster. At the bottom of the mountain from the water basin are houses that still use well water. After reading the warnings on this bag – I’d be afraid to drink it. Especially since it is in a more concentrated form at the headwaters.
That’s not even to mention the fact that the whole downstream ecological system for these creeks depend heavily on a proper ph level. Exact same principal as a fish tank. If the ph goes to far one way or the other your fish start dying.
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Our remnants of wilderness will yield bigger values to the nation’s character and health than they will to its pocketbook, and to destroy them will be to admit that the latter are the only values that interest us. – Aldo Leopold
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