Quote – Andrew B. Crichton, President, Johnstown Coal & Coke, Co., Johnstown, PA., and Director of and Representing National Coal Association, Testimony, Senate Subcommittee of the Committee on Public Works.

As a matter of fact, acid mine drainage acts as a germicide and renders harmless great quantities of sewage pollution now flowing into the streams of the Nation. Any attempt to compel the treatment of mine drainage at the source is an economic waste, as it robs the people of the benefit of the purifying action of the streams, and the streams are necessary to carry off our liquid wastes, as they can be handled in no other way.

Testimony of Andrew B. Crichton, President, Johnstown Coal & Coke, Co., Johnstown, PA., and Director of and Representing National Coal Association, p. 244, Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Public Works, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, First Session, on S. 418, A Bill to Provide for Water-Pollution Control Activities in the United States Public Health Service, and for Other Purposes. April 22, 23, 24, 30, May 1, 2, 7, 9, 14, and 28, 1947.

Tuesday, April 22, 1947
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