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The Maury River and You!
By Harry Razook
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Maury River Drinking Quality Information
• Your drinking water is commonly obtained from the surface of the Maury River.
• Purified by the water treatment plant located off U.S. Route 60 West.
• Process is composed of chemical addition, rapid mixing, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, chlorination, corrosion control, and fluoridation.
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Source Water Assessments
• According to the Maury Service Authority, the Maury River may be susceptible to contamination.– Hydrologic, hydraulic, and atmospheric conditions
promote contamination from land use activities.
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2011 Annual Drinking Water Quality Reports
There was not a single violation for the 2011 year, which means we were in full compliance!
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Maury River Alliance
• Used to be a group made up of Washington and Lee and VMI school body members.
• Monitored the Maury River to help find hotspots.– Used benthic macro-
invertebrates for research because they are good indicators of watershed health.
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00 – 01 Results Date Site Score Rating Conditions4/3/01 Brattons Run 28 Excellent Excellent >22
1/28/01 Buffalo Creek 30 Excellent Good 17-228/29/01 Hays Creek (Rt.39 bridge) 12 Acceptable Fair 11-1610/16/00 Kerrs Creek (Still HseDr.) 19 Good Poor <113/11/01 Kerrs Creek (Still HseDr.) 24 Excellent6/11/01 Kerrs Creek (Still HseDr.) 24 Excellent7/12/00 Maury River (Ben Salem Wayside) 37 Excellent10/15/00 Maury River (Ben Salem Wayside) 31 Excellent1/28/01 Maury River (Ben Salem Wayside) 37 Excellent4/29/01 Maury River (Ben Salem Wayside) 34 Excellent8/29/01 Maury River (DS of confluence of
Calfpasture & Little calfpasture)11 Acceptable
7/7/00 Maury River (River Road) 30 Excellent9/29/00 Maury River (River Road) 32 Excellent1/31/01 Maury River (River Road) 24 Excellent5/12/01 Maury River (River Road) 31 Excellent12/15/00 Maury River, Turkey Hill 28 Excellent5/5/01 Maury River, Turkey Hill 28 Excellent
11/12/00 South River 24 Excellent3/18/01 South River 28 Excellent3/25/01 South River 31 Excellent7/5/01 South River 31 Excellent
7/11/00 South River (Cornwall) 30 Excellent10/23/00 South River (Cornwall) 33 Excellent6/27/01 South River (Cornwall) 30 Excellent11/5/00 Whistle Creek 23 Excellent5/6/01 Whistle Creek 24 Excellent
10/29/00 Woods Creek bet.LimeKiln Rd & Rt. 60 Bridge
19 Good
2/10/01 Woods Creek bet.LimeKiln Rd & Rt. 60 Bridge
21 Good
6/24/01 Woods Creek bet.LimeKiln Rd & Rt. 60 Bridge
24 Excellent
10/25/00 Woods CreekAbove Sarahs Run 22 Good3/3/01 Woods CreekAbove Sarahs Run 19 Good
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Help out!
• Help the community out by aiding the Maury!• Volunteer for the following:
• Maury Watershed Monitors (MWM)• VIRGINIA Save Our Streams Organization.
• “Restore the Glory, Protect the Maury!”• More information in the packet.
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Sources
• http://www.epa.gov/bioiweb1/html/invertebrate.html
• http://www.mauryserviceauthority.com/id21.htm
• MRA WLU files• http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/waterbod
ies/display.asp?id=161