'Everything is being killed': Sudden death of ecosystem ravages long creek

Sudden death of ecosystem ravages long creek by Don Hopey, for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Environmental agencies are treating the creek as a crime scene. Longtime environmental and fisheries officials say the fish kill, which preliminary counts have put at more than 10,000, is one of the worst they’ve seen… state and federal investigators are confounded because chemical analysis shows the creek water at the treatment facility site contains extremely high total dissolved solids, or TDS, and chlorides — properties found in wastewater from Marcellus Shale gas well drilling operations but not mine water. (Read more)