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	Encyclopedia: Antietam Creek
		The creek is formed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania at the confluence of the West and East Branches of Antietam Creek about 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.
		The creek is noted for numerous well preserved stone arch bridges dating to the 19th Century that still traverse the creek, the most famous of which is the 125 foot (38 meter) long Burnside Bridge in the Antietam National Battlefield.
		The creek was a major topographic feature during the Battle of Antietam (called the Battle of Sharpsburg in the American South) fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Antietam-Creek (924 words)

	Connoquenessing Creek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Connoquenessing Creek is a tributary of the Beaver River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in western Pennsylvania in the United States.
		It receives Slippery Rock Creek from the northwest near Ellwood City, then joins the Beaver west of Ellwood City, approximately 3 mi (5 km) further downstream.
		The creek is a very popular kayaking place.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Connoquenessing_Creek (121 words)

	AK Steel reaches pollution accord
		Connoquenessing Creek water quality will eventually improve and Zelienople's water supply will have added protections under a new consent agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and AK Steel.
		Since 1995, AK Steel has legally tripled its nitrate discharges into the creek from 8,000 pounds a day to up to 29,000 pounds a day, under a state permit that set no limits on discharges of the waste chemical used in stainless steel finishing.
		AK Steel has indicated it is considering supplying the borough with a mobile reverse osmosis filtration system if the creek water must be used this summer, but a final decision hinges on the borough receiving a state discharge permit for the system.
	www.postgazette.com /healthscience/20010303aksteel2.asp (895 words)

	Connoquenessing Creek bridge project to restrict Route 422 traffic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Connoquenessing Creek bridge project to restrict Route 422 traffic
		Beginning today, traffic will be restricted to one lane with a 12-foot width limit on Route 422 through the highway construction zone for the Route 422/68/38 interchange project in Summit, Butler County.
		The lane restriction will continue through the summer as crews rebuild the bridge that carries Route 422 over the railroad and Connoquenessing Creek.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04082/289687.stm (82 words)

	Wdoc014
		Concentrations of nitrate in the Connoquenessing Creek at the approximate location where water is withdrawn from the Creek and enters Zelienople’s public water system have exceeded and are expected in the future to exceed 25 mg/l.
		AK Steel’s discharge of nitrate and nitrite from the AK Steel facility to the Connoquenessing Creek is currently occurring and is expected to continue to occur at levels similar to those identified in Paragraph 34.
		The background load of nitrate carried by the Connoquenessing Creek at base flow in the reach of stream upstream of the AK Steel facility is insignificant in comparison to the AK Steel facility’s load contribution.
	www.boro.zelienople.pa.us /wdoc014.htm (6307 words)

	Connoquenessing Creek - PA
		There's a stretch of creek about two miles long before you come to another bridge.
		If the creek is up from spring thaw you can go all the way to Zelienople Pa. This would be a nice 1-day trip of easy paddling and relaxing with the creatures.
		The creek is polluted but is being cleaned up slowly.
	www.paddling.net /places/showReport.html?127 (344 words)

	The Slippery Rock Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Free flowing from its headwaters to the junction with the Connoquenessing Creek at Ellport, the main stem of the Slippery Rock flows some fifty miles.
		Slippery Rock Creek rises in a series of swamps that are located north and east of the hamlet of Boyers Pennsylvania.
		The Slippery Rock Creek Gorge was formed when the water of glacial lake Watts broke out of its banks and carved out the magnificent gorge.
	www.goslipperyrock.com /slipperyrockstory2.shtml (416 words)

	Water leaves its mark: Renfrew was starting to return to normal when creek rose again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When two days of rain last week sent Connoquenessing Creek flooding its banks for the third time in four months, residents of the village of Renfrew were more nervous than usual.
		What happened last time was the creek dumped about 4 1/2 feet of muddy water into the ranch-style home she shares with her husband, Bob, and two sons in the village of Penn, Butler County.
		Renfrew residents gather Thursday to watch flood water from Connoquenessing Creek rise at the Meridian Road bridge in the village in Penn. The area was flooded in September.
	www.postgazette.com /pg/05012/440542.stm (1721 words)

	Environmental Protection Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Borough uses Connoquenessing Creek as a secondary source of drinking water during periods of drought when its primary drinking water source, Scholars Run, is insufficient.
		A stainless steel mill operated by AK Steel also uses Connoquenessing Creek and its pollution discharge outfalls are located about 21 miles upstream of the Borough's secondary drinking water intake.
		The water from the creek was treated using the reverse osmosis system supplied by AK Steel to reduce the levels of nitrate.
	www.epa.gov /reg3wapd/drinkingwater/endanger.htm (1368 words)

	October 27, 2000 Creek Connections Newsletter Selections
		The fish, mussels, and insects in French Creek at Bicentennial Park in Meadville probably did not know what was happening to their riffle habitat on September 27.
		Creek Connections staff took them to one of the best spots to catch critters and despite the high water, they succeeded at their mission.
		The Connoquenessing was recently ranked as the 2nd most polluted stream in the United States.
	creekconnections.allegheny.edu /Newsletters/October27-2000.html (3001 words)

	Borough refines its water - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Zelienople Borough is working on improving Scholars Run as a water source, which in the future could reduce the borough's dependence on the sullied Connoquenessing Creek.
		Borough Manager Marla Marcinko said the borough has been drawing from the Connoquenessing for several days, and she had no idea how long the borough would have to use it.
		Marcinko said the latest water samples show the nitrate level in Connoquenessing Creek is well below the 10 parts per million maximum level allowed by the DEP permit.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/tribnorth/s_81433.html (643 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bassenheim Furnace - Is on Connoquenessing Creek in Franklin Township.
		The fields in back of the house to the wooded area along the creek where the furnace ruins are is bounded by barbed wire and is a llama farm.
		Cross Yellow Creek twice on Plank Road and continue to the 3rd house on the left, a white house.
	home.earthlink.net /~r2parks/BedfordLocations.html (1500 words)

	Pa. Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
		Slippery Rock Creek flows in a deep, winding gorge cut into flat-lying layers of bedrock.
		This is not a typical pattern because the valleys of streams in areas of flat-lying rocks typically become progressively shallower and wider toward their outlets.
		Today, Slippery Rock Creek still has a steep gradient through the gorge (28 ft per mile compared to 8 feet per mile north of Kennedy Mill).
	www.dcnr.state.pa.us /topogeo/ParkGuides/pg4_9/glacial.aspx (595 words)

	Teacher proposes creek side study area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Andrews said he is applying for grants to clean up and stabilize the stream bank, with the help of his trout-fishing club at the school.
		Andrews wants to develop a master plan for the area near the creek and include in-stream fish habitat structures, an access area for pupil work and perhaps eventually a building for class work and aquaculture.
		Andrews said he may need help from the city to contact landowners along the creek to ask for their help with the stream improvements.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04081/287871.stm (292 words)

	WPC Natural Resource Conservation Department
		The Crooked Creek Watershed Association is currently submitting the plan to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for placement on the Rivers Registry.
		Slippery Rock Creek, although a major tributary to Connoquenessing Creek, was not included because the watershed would be better served by developing a separate plan specific to its unique character.
		The Connoquenessing Creek watershed is experiencing many changes that directly affect the watershed's resources including developmental pressures, flooding, and elevated level of nitrates.
	www.wpconline.org /rc/wac-rcp.html (759 words)

	REGION III PRESS RELEASE EPA Orders AK Steel to Reduce Nitrate Discharges, Provide Safe Drinking Water for Zelienople
		Zelienople has a water intake on Connoquenessing Creek 21 miles downstream from AK Steel's stainless steel plant on Route 8, Butler.
		Water samples from Connoquenessing Creek in the 30 miles downstream from AK Steel routinely show nitrate levels above 10 mg/l, the national standard.
		The creek sometimes shows nitrates as high as 100 mg/l, and registered a peak of 175 mg/l on October 26, 1999.
	www.epa.gov /region03/r3press/pr00-01.htm (690 words)

	E. coli, feces found in Brush Creek - PittsburghLIVE.com
		People are being asked to stay out of Brush Creek because a recent water quality test has found E. coli and fecal matter in the waterway.
		Bob DeVenny, organizer of the Brush Creek Watershed and a member of the Environment Alliance of Senior Involvement, has been among the volunteers who since July have been taking water samples from Brush Creek, which runs from Marshall Township into Butler and Beaver counties before feeding into Connoquenessing Creek.
		Testing of the water samples has shown that creek water taken from where the waterway runs through the Green Valley Park in New Sewickley, Beaver County, contained at least a small amount on E. coli and fecal matter, DeVenny said.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/search/s_86078.html (617 words)

	May 9, 2003 Creek Connections Newsletter Selections
		Each year, part of the Creek Connections experience is for schools to showcase their creek research and data to other participating schools, environmental groups, and the public.
		This year's Pittsburgh Area Creek Connections Student Research Symposium was held at YMCA Camp Kon-O-Kwee near Zelienople, PA. Over 300 people participated in the event, held on the banks of Connoquenessing Creek.
		French Creek is recognized by The Nature Conservancy as "one of the last great places" because of its biodiversity (different types of aquatic life) and because of its historical and community importance.
	creekconnections.allegheny.edu /Newsletters/May%209-2003.html (3283 words)

	News
		AK Steel was found to have dumped as much as 29,000 pounds of nitrate per day into the creek from its Butler plant, causing dangerously high concentrations of nitrate.
		The highest level measured in Connoquenessing Creek was 175 milligrams per liter (mg/L) 26 October 1999.
		AK Steel must identify and sample all wells adjacent to the creek within 30 miles downstream of its Butler facility to determine if they are polluted by nitrate.
	www.waternet.com /news.asp?mode=4&N_ID=20555 (364 words)

	Summary of Citation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Upper Connoquenessing sandstone forms upper cliff along Connoquenessing Creek between its mouth and Slippery Rock.
		Lower Connoquenessing sandstone is frequently seen along bed of Connoquenessing Creek.
		Connoquenessing Sandstone Member of Pottsville Formation is used in PA, MD, OH, and WV.
	ngmdb.usgs.gov /Geolex/Refsmry/sumry_1198.html (172 words)

	ENN: Environmental News Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The fine was the result of a nationwide U.S. Environmental Protection initiative that looked at pollution emitted by specialty steel producers and was the largest paid by any of the 26 mini-mills operating in the mid-Atlantic states.
		The subsidiary of Middletown, Ohio-based AK Steel Holding Corp. also was cited for failing to inspect hazardous waste storage tanks, discharging contaminated water into Sawmill Run Reservoir, a tributary of Connoquenessing Creek, and leaking ozone layer-depleting chloroflorocarbon refrigerants on 145 separate occasions from mid-1998 through the fall of 2002.
		The illegal waste water discharge into Sawmill Run Reservoir occurred three months after a federal appeals court denied AK Steel's request to delay implementation of an EPA emergency order to reduce discharges of potentially dangerous nitrates into Connoquenessing Creek, which the town of Zelienople uses as a supplemental water supply.
	www.enn.com /biz_mine_PF.html?id=13 (476 words)

	Forum will discuss creek conditions - PittsburghLIVE.com
		In May, the state issued AK Steel a new discharge permit that limits the plant's nitrate discharge into Connoquenessing Creek to 999 pounds per day by October for the next five years.
		Zelienople had to draw water from Connoquenessing Creek for nearly four months last year because of drought conditions.
		Currently, she said, the creek water is too polluted for it to be safe for swimming or a suitable environment for fish.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/tribnorth/s_76818.html (692 words)

	Repairs to levee are discussed even as creek rises again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Two days after water from the Jan. 6 flooding stopped flowing through the broken levee and across Bessor Road, and one day after township crews finished filling in the 5-foot-deep gash the water had left where the road is supposed to be, a new day of rain pushed Connoquenessing Creek over its banks.
		Once again, the residents of five permanent homes on the creek flats were stranded.
		Connoquenessing waters Jan. 6 were about 10 feet lower than they were Sept. 17, but the levee gave way altogether, releasing a torrent across Bessor and through a railroad trestle.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05016/441834.stm (843 words)

	Summer Home Page
		Camp Kon-O-Kwee is 300 acres of fields and woodlands located along the Connoquenessing Creek, 30 miles north of Pittsburgh, just west of Zelienople.
		Camp Spencer, also owned and operated by the YMCA of Pittsburgh, is located just across the Connoquenessing Creek and is connected to Camp Kon-O-Kwee by bridge.
		Kon-O-Kwee provides all of the sporting equipment and program supplies campers need while they are here, and we also provide helmets for their safety during horseback rides and climbing adventure initiative.
	www.ycamps.org /sumrhome.html (329 words)

	Pa. Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
		When the glacier dam retreated to this point, where today, Slippery Rock Creek enters the Slippery Rock Gorge at Kennedy Mill, it opened a pass and Lake Edmund drained completely between the glacier on the right (west) and the hill on the left (east).
		This extended the gorge to the north from Muddy Creek to Kennedy Mill, and completed the diversion of Slippery Rock Creek from a west-flowing stream to the present south-flowing stream.
		Slippery Rock Creek is flowing over the old mill dam, used by Kennedy Mill from about the late 1860s to the 1920s.
	www.dcnr.state.pa.us /topogeo/parkguides/pg4_9/kennedy.aspx (174 words)

	County grant to build boat launch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Historic Harmony President John Ruch said that although he has canoed many times on the Connoquenessing Creek, he'd never consider trying to come ashore in Harmony.
		"The nearly vertical banks of the creek are nearly impossible to negotiate along the entire length of the Connoquenessing Creek through Harmony," he said.
		He said it was originally scheduled to be built late this fall, but the project may be delayed until 2006 because of the possibility of additional funds.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05212/545307.stm (364 words)

	PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 04-1920
		This application is for renewal of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from the Yellow Creek State Park Sewage Treatment Plant in Cherryhill Township, Indiana County.
		The following effluent limitations are proposed for discharge to the receiving waters, known as Cowanshannock Creek, which are classified as a warm water fishery with existing and/or potential uses for aquatic life, water supply, and recreation.
		The receiving stream, Little Toby Creek, is in watershed 17-A and classified for: cold water fishes, aquatic life, water supply and recreation.
	www.pabulletin.com /secure/data/vol34/34-43/1920.html (1911 words)

	WPC: Natural Resource Conservation: 78 projects
		The purpose of this project is to protect the scenic beauty of the wooded hillsides and shorelines, provide better access to the river, and safeguard unspoiled habitat for several globally rare species of mussels and fish.
		French Creek in northwestern Pennsylvania is considered to be one of Pennsylvania's foremost aquatic treasures.
		It is believed that the steep, narrow gorge of Wolf Creek was created by glacial activities of the last ice age.
	www.wpconline.org /conservation/naturalresource/historicalprojects/78_projects.htm (3913 words)

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