Category: Blog

The Future of the Water Wars: Spring 2020 Update and CRK’s Take

For 30 years, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida have fought over the use of water in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (ACF), which is heavily influenced by the U.S. Army Corps of…

On Patrol: Our Programs at Work

While CRK’s group cleanups and public events are postponed, staff is still busy collecting water samples, picking up litter, and holding polluters accountable. Here are four programmatic projects undertaken in…

Clean Water Keeps People Healthy, so We’re Still Hard at Work.

Like people across the world, CRK is closely monitoring the situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. While we’ve instituted teleworking for our staff, postponed our annual Sweep the Hooch cleanup to…

Three Dams on the Chattahoochee to be Removed

In late 2018, Southern Company and Georgia Power announced plans to surrender their Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licenses to generate hydropower at the Langdale, Crow Hop and Riverview dams on…

North Fulton County Launches Major Sewage Projects

For years, residents along Azalea Drive and Riverside Road in North Fulton County have anxiously watched the weather. Heavy rains in the area have meant sewage spills along Big Creek…

Critter Corner: American Alligator

During our year-long River Relay, CRK staff members traversing the river from its headwaters to its terminus encountered sights not often seen by other river users. As our CRK team…

The Lake Lanier Equation

Lake Lanier—formed in 1956 by the construction of Buford Dam and beginning around 50 miles south of the Chattahoochee's source spring — is critical to the region's health. The lake…

Our Year-long River Relay Comes to an End

2019 marked 25 years since the beginning of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper's efforts to keep watch over the river with comprehensive water quality monitoring, trash cleanups, educational programs and advocacy efforts. In…

Want to Save Water? Skip the Mall.

With the holiday season comes a retail bonanza. Goaded by promises of blowout sales, shoppers buy new clothes by the bundle. There’s a big problem though: the fashion industry is…