BRANDY CAMP, Pa. -- Red, iron-rich water used to flow out of an abandoned deep mine in Elk County and into Little Toby Creek.

That water is now cleaned, thanks to a treatment center built a few years ago by the Toby Creek Watershed Association, with help from several state agencies.

The red water runs through several tanks during the process.

A special polymer is added to the water.

The polymer attaches to the iron and it sinks to the bottom.

When all the other impurities are filtered, the water is used to raise trout.

Watershed Association President Bill Sabatose said 8,000 fish are being raised at the treatment facility.

The fish are raised at the plant and then transferred to streams around the area.

Sabatose said many of those streams have also been revitalized, after damage from acid mine drainage.