USGS/Leetown Science Center Restoration Technologies Branch 11649 Leetown Road Kearneysville, WV 25430 PHONE: (304) 724-4425 FAX: (304) 724-4428 Branch Chief: Barnaby Watten Staff • Research Studies • Directions |
SCIENTIFIC FOCUS INTRODUCTION The Restoration Technologies Branch (RT) responds to client needs for bioengineering research/technical assistance. RT applies engineering principles, biology, chemistry and quantitative methods to the development of new techniques for water conditioning, monitoring and pollution abatement as well as the advancement of knowledge at the cell through system levels. The research field is broad based with an emphasis on activities that require the knowledge and experimental skills provided through modern biological research as well as problem solving approaches derived from the traditional engineering disciplines, i.e. environmental, chemical and metallurgical engineering. This combined skill set provides for the development of unique problem solving approaches - - integrated science at its smallest unit of organization. |
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RESEARCH CURRENT RESEARCH
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     National Park Service      Conservation Fund      States of MD and PA DEP      Cornell and Penn. State |
     Customers: Office of Surface Mining Fish and Wildlife Service Mining Industry |
effect of carbon dioxide and gas supersaturation on stress and survivorship |
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     Aquatic Ecology Laboratory      Fish Health Laboratory      Electric Power Research Institute |
            
Customers: Department of Interior National Marine Fisheries Service Electric Power Generation Industry |
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     Conte Anadromous Fish Laboratory |
            Customers Fish and Wildlife Service Tennessee Valley Authority Department of Energy Commercial Hydropower Industry |
FACILITIES OVERVIEW RT is one of three Leetown Science Center research components that share resources at Leetown, West Virginia. This site includes the central Administration Building of the Leetown Science Center as well as the Eastern Regional Office of the Biological Resources Division of USGS. RT was established in 1997 to enhance the Center’s ability to satisfy customer research needs in bioengineering, e.g. restoration of streams degraded by acidic mine drainage. |