The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is working with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Agency in the investigation of the Dunkard Creek fish kill.
The West Virginia DEP and other investigators have been assembling available scientific information on golden algae and the toxins it produces. Scientific literature states both the golden algae and the toxins it produces are influenced by environmental factors including the water’s pH, temperature, salinity and nutrients.
The tables below provide information, data, and links regarding golden algae and Dunkard Creek.
| DEP Golden Algae (Prymnesium Parvum) samples | ||
| September 2010 | ||
| August 20, 2010 | July 2010 | January 2010 |
| December 2009 |
Dunkard Creek Fish Kill (2009) Additional Information
Orders / Press Release / General Information
- CONSOL Consent Decree- Treatment Systems with the Judges Stamp
- CONSOL Consent Decree – Treatment Systems with Appendices
- CONSOL Consent Decree – Natural Resources and Aquatice Life Claims
- CONSOL Consent Decree – Press Release
- Golden Algae Growth Rate Final Report
- DEP – Order to Consol – 04-23-2010
- Golden Algae Meeting Summary
- DEP Dunkard Creek Update – Mount Morris, PA
- DEP Order to Consol – 12-21-2009
- DEP – Consolidated Coal Co Unilateral Order – 12-18-2009
- Dunkard Fish Kill Presentation
- Press Release 10-5-2009
- Press Release 9-21-2009
- Clemson University – Analysis for Prymnesium Parvum (Golden Algae) Presence and Density Counts (Samples Between Sept 29 – Nov 12, 2009)
- WVDEP Fish Kill Data Collection and Location Information from Oct 2009
- University of Oklahoma – Prymnesium Parvum (Golden Alga) Analysis (Samples Sept 30 and Oct 1, 2009)
- Multi-Agency (Both PA and WV DEP and EPA) Chemistry Data Results (including Chloride) for September 2009 Sampling
Links About Golden Alga
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Golden Alga Workshop Oct 2003
- Texas – Guidelines for Golden Alga Prymnesium Parvum Management Options for Ponds and Small Reservoirs (Public Waters) in Texas
- Texas Parks and Wildlife – Golden Alga Information
- Texas Parks and Wildlife – Golden Alga Images
- Wisconsin Fact Sheet on Golden Alga
- Northwest Fisheries Science Center – Harmful Algal Blooms Program
- HARNESS (Harmful Algal Research and Response National Environmental Science Strategy 2005-2015)
- National University of Ireland – ALGAEBASE
- ISSHA – International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae