The Maury River and You!

By Harry Razook

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.

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.

2011 Annual Drinking Water Quality Reports

There was not a single violation for the 2011 year, which means we were in full compliance!

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.

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

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.

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