Friday, October 15, 2010
WVU Professor To Study Water Effects Of Mountaintop Mining
WEST VIRGINIA....
Nicolas Zegre, an assistant professor of hydrology at West Virginia University, is getting a grant to study the water impacts of mountaintop mining in the Appalachian region. WVU officials say he's getting a seed grant from the National Science Foundation to research what happens to the flow of water in areas affected by mountaintop mining. That will better help understand the factors behind flooding that is sometimes attributed to the mining practice. The school says little research exists on how large-scale mountaintop mining disturbances affect the ways streams flow and storm water drains.
Nicolas Zegre, an assistant professor of hydrology at West Virginia University, is getting a grant to study the water impacts of mountaintop mining in the Appalachian region. WVU officials say he's getting a seed grant from the National Science Foundation to research what happens to the flow of water in areas affected by mountaintop mining. That will better help understand the factors behind flooding that is sometimes attributed to the mining practice. The school says little research exists on how large-scale mountaintop mining disturbances affect the ways streams flow and storm water drains.
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