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Atlanta wastewater treatment plant failing, CRK files federal lawsuit

Updated September 6, 2024: Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) has filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Atlanta for its ongoing pollution of the Chattahoochee River. Since at least January 2023,…

Monitoring at Phenix City’s wastewater treatment plant 

CRK staff are collecting water samples from Phenix City's wastewater treatment plant more frequently after we received reports of undertreated sewage flowing from the plant’s outfall into the Chattahoochee River.…

Protect the Chattahoochee River from pollution

The Chattahoochee River needs your help. Please tell Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division to hold polluters accountable and to protect the river from sewage pollution.  Last summer, Fulton County’s Big Creek…

Alabama & Georgia on Path to Resolve Water War?

Chattahoochee Riverkeeper is cautiously optimistic about the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Agreement recently announced by the Governors of Alabama and Georgia and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Chattahoochee Riverkeeper is optimistic because…

New Report: Water Utilities On Front-Line Fighting Climate Change

When people talk about climate change signals in Georgia, they tend to focus on destructive coastal flooding, damaging hurricanes, agricultural impacts, and the serious implications of heat on public health.…

2023 State of the River Address

On Friday, September 22, supporters and friends of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper gathered to celebrate The Heart of the Hooch: the people and communities who have devoted their time and talents for…

Big Creek Water Reclamation Facility E. coli contamination

On June 29, 2023, results from water quality tests conducted by Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) revealed dangerously high E. coli bacteria levels in the Chattahoochee River within the Chattahoochee River National…

Característica de la flora: orquídeas zapatilla de dama rosa

Aventúrese en las áreas boscosas de Atlanta entre abril y mayo y puede tropezar con una planta herbácea exigente conocida como la orquídea Pink Lady Slipper. Zapatilla Dama Rosa…

Los legisladores estatales muestran poca preocupación por el medio ambiente de Georgia

No vamos a endulzarlo: este no fue un año exitoso para la legislación para proteger los recursos naturales de Georgia. CRK es miembro fundador y líder activo de la…