The suspended withdrawals are part of SRBC’s passby flow requirement to protect aquatic resources and downstream water users. When streams drop below pre-determined protective flow levels, project sponsors who are required to meet SRBC’s passby requirement must stop taking water. They cannot resume taking water until streams have recovered above the protected level for at least 48 hours.
SRBC and its regulated project sponsors monitor real-time stream flow data generated by stream gages maintained and operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Regulated project sponsors also are required to install tamper-proof water meters that automatically record their water withdrawals on a daily basis. SRBC requires that information be reported quarterly, in addition to continuous spot-inspections conducted by SRBC field staff working out of the field office in Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Water withdrawals still temporarily suspended as of Aug, 30:
BLAIR COUNTY
Smith Transport Warehouse, Bald Eagle Creek
BRADFORD COUNTY
Chesapeake Appalachia, Chemung River (Barrett)
Talisman Energy, Fall Brook, Seeley Creek and Tributary to North Branch Sugar Creek
Towanda Country Club, Little Wysox Creek
CLEARFIELD COUNTY
Keister Miller Investments, West Branch Susquehanna
LYCOMING COUNTY
Pennsylvania General Energy Company, Pine Creek (Poust)
POTTER COUNTY
Ultra Resources, Pine Creek
TIOGA COUNTY
East Resources Management, Cowanesque River
LDG Innovations, Tioga River
Tennessee Gas Pipeline, Unnamed tributary of North Elk Run
Ultra Resources, Cowanesque River