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Exploring the Lower Chattahoochee

The Chattahoochee River begins as a tiny freshwater spring in the North Georgia mountains. As it grows into a powerful river spanning 430 miles, it forms the border between Georgia…

Excess algae in West Point Lake triggers state pollution reduction plan

In 2024, West Point Lake exceeded Georgia’s water quality standards for chlorophyll-a for the second consecutive year, triggering the development of a state-mandated pollution reduction plan called a Total Maximum…

Take Action: Save USGS water monitoring

June 13, 2025 Update: CRK is pleased to learn that the Department of the Interior has reversed the termination of the lease for the USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center.…

How federal cuts could impact the Chattahoochee River

March 24, 2025 | Chattahoochee Riverkeeper is alarmed by recent changes to federal agencies including the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and National Park Service (NPS). Drastic…

Fighting for clean water in Columbus

Since 2017, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) and our partners at the Southern Environmental Law Center have pushed for stronger water quality measures to protect the right to drinkable, swimmable, and fishable…

Atlanta wastewater treatment plant failing, CRK files federal lawsuit

LATEST UPDATE | February 4, 2026: The City of Atlanta and Chattahoochee Riverkeeper have reached a collaborative settlement agreement to resolve a Clean Water Act lawsuit filed in 2024 regarding…

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…