Also on Tuesday, the justices of the peace recommended spending $20,000 as the county's share of funding for the Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District.

Zachary Renstrom, General Manager of the Washington County Water Conservancy District, said the area relies on snowpack for about 60% of its water supply, with the rest coming from groundwater.

KANTNER, Pa. – County conservation district leaders from across Pennsylvania watched after a heavy rain Wednesday as iron-laced water oozed from an acid mine seep. Decades ago, the water would ...