Impacts of the Martin County Coal Slurry Spill on Fishery Resources in Eastern Kentucky Streams: A Case Study
On 11 October 2000, approximately 946.25 million liters of coal slurry waste spilled from a Martin County Coal Corporation impoundment into 2 stream drainages in Martin County, Kentucky. On the same day of the spill occurrence, water quality was assessed and periodic monitoring has continued to the present by state personnel from Kentucky and West Virginia. The resulting damage to fish in the streams was the focus of intensive investigation by both the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources. In addition to water quality...
