The West Virginia and Pennsylvania Monongahela Area Watersheds Compact is asking state lawmakers to consider legislation regarding water quality. Representatives handed out letters to State legislators this week in Charleston describing the crisis in the Monongahela watershed and other streams state-wide.
The Compact includes about 50 organizations which share a concern about drinking water quality. They are asking lawmakers to set a total dissolved solids (TDS) in-stream standard of 500 parts per million as proposed by the W.Va. Department of Environmental Protection Agency.
“We’ve come to a crisis in our streams where the TDS has increased to the point that it’s a health hazard. Our drinking water is at stake and if we don’t do something now we’re going to endanger hundreds of thousands of people,” said Duane Nichols, W.Va./Pa/ Monongahela Area Watersheds Compact, according to WBOY television news.
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