LATEST UPDATES ON DUNKARD CREEK FISH KILL AND WATER QUALITY ISSUES NOTE! If you are not a member of OLLI –WVU (see below), and plan to attend, we ask you email Don Strimbeck at _dcsoinks@comcast.net_ (mailto:dcsoinks@comcast.net) , stating you plan to attend. We need to ensure we got enough seats for attendees!! Wednesday 14 July, 6:30-8PM, Mountaineer Mall, Morgantown WV. Barry Pallay informed me (Strimbeck) that this meeting is open to the PUBLIC and NEWS MEDIA. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WVU http://www.olliatwvu.org/ Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. "The Dunkard Creek Fish Kill and the Future of Our Streams and Drinking Water" Barry Pallay, Frank Jernejcic, and Wallace Venable, July 14 Classroom A Recent incidents involving the quality of drinking water and the fish kill on Dunkard Creek have drawn attention to issues related to treating waste water, especially during exceptional stream flow situations. Both incidents involved high levels of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) resulting from human activity. This class will provide an opportunity to learn more about the TDS problem and methods of mitigation. Barry Pallay is a chemical engineer, vice-president of the Upper Monongahela River Association (UMRA), and chair of the Monongahela River Recreation & Commerce Committee (MRRCC). During fisheries biologist Frank Jernejcic’s many years with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, he has observed both improvement and a number of disasters in water quality. Wallace Venable is a mechanical engineer, technical coordinator of UMRA, and webmaster for UMRA and MRRCC. Above meeting will be at OLLI classroom A at the Mountaineer Mall, Morgantown WV. Don Strimbeck, Sec/Treas, Upper Mon River Assoc, _www.UpperMon.org_ (http://www.UpperMon.org)

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