What to Do in your Community
You can help your community use water wisely!

Find out what your local utility is doing to promote water efficiency programs. Does it have a program to find and repair water leaks and reduce other inefficiencies? Does it have a rate structure that is fair, tiered to encourage conservation, while securing the utility's fiscal integrity? Does it offer incentives for installation of water efficient appliances? Ask for these programs!

Ask your government to promote water conservation. The most important thing that your local government can do is to establish and annually fund a water conservation program to promote efficiency measures and offer incentives, such as rebates for new toilets and other water efficient appliances. Cobb County is a star among metro Atlanta governments with a staffed program and a budget of $400,000 per year. Click here for details.

Report system leaks promptly and until they are fixed. While most local governments in metro Atlanta are working on leak detection and repair, our region still has an extremely high average rate of water loss (20%), and there are no mandates to reduce these losses. Only the city of Atlanta has invested significant funds to control its water leaks, currently down to 14% from 20% just six years ago.

Sign up for the Georgia Environmental Action Network (GEAN). GEAN is an email alert system focused on keeping Georgians aware of legislation and policies that impact our natural resources. GEAN Alerts will encourage you to contact your elected officials about specific legislation and issues and make your voice heard. Click here to sign up.

To learn more about policies and advocacy efforts to protect our water supply, such as the protection greenspace and the promotion of low impact development, click here.

Click here to join or make a donation to Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and help us make sure you have enough clean water now and in the future!