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Dekalb water main break repaired, road reopened, BWA remains in force until further notice
HAPPENING NOW
 Friday, January 17, 2025
Wildfires or floods, good neighbours will always help each other
Interview with President of the King's Privy Council in Canada, Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Hon. Harjit Sajjan
CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2013; Case ID# CR_2453 (California)
Retail giant fined $110 million for Clean Water Act violations
3M, MOHAWK HID CHEMICAL DANGERS THAT LED TO HEALTH CRISIS, COUNTY SAYS
‘All the residents of Northwest Georgia effectively have Scotchgard, Stainmaster and Teflon coursing through their veins.’
By Rosie Manins - Atlanta Journal Constitution
With Permission
For decades, the corporate makers and users of “forever chemicals” used on carpet produced in Northwest Georgia have hidden the associated dangers, leading to a public health crisis, Murray County alleges in a new lawsuit. In its Dec. 30 complaint, the county takes aim at chemical producers — including 3M, Daikin and DuPont — as well as carpet manufacturers, including Mohawk and Shaw Industries.../more
Hazardous Spill File
 Sewage leak into Nickajack Creek in the Chattahoochee Watershed
Dekalb County Water customers under BWA, NWS issues high fire danger statement
AFTER THE CLOSE
 Thursday, January 16, 2025
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WATER SHORTAGE
Feuding Neighbors
For more than three decades, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida have disputed the use of two shared river basins, the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT).


RECENT ARTICLES

Wildfires or floods, good neighbours will always help each other
Interview with President of the King's Privy Council in Canada, Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Hon. Harjit Sajjan

3M, MOHAWK HID CHEMICAL DANGERS THAT LED TO HEALTH CRISIS, COUNTY SAYS
‘All the residents of Northwest Georgia effectively have Scotchgard, Stainmaster and Teflon coursing through their veins.’
By Rosie Manins - Atlanta Journal Constitution
With Permission
For decades, the corporate makers and users of “forever chemicals” used on carpet produced in Northwest Georgia have hidden the associated dangers, leading to a public health crisis, Murray County alleges in a new lawsuit. In its Dec. 30 complaint, the county takes aim at chemical producers — including 3M, Daikin and DuPont — as well as carpet manufacturers, including Mohawk and Shaw Industries.../more

50 years of the SDWA, is our drinking water safe?
 Part 3: Inspired to detox

50 years of the SDWA, is our drinking water safe?
 Part 2: Convenience is the chemical cocktail that keeps on giving

UPDATE: Fracking
SIO SILICA IS STAGING A COMEBACK — WITH A PUSH FOR FIRST NATIONS SUPPORT
A recording of a closed-door meeting shows Sio Silica’s latest tack: numerous promises to Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, including millions in equity. Now the community faces ‘a great divide’
By Julia-Simone Rutgers - The Narwhal With permission
Related WT articles:
 New proposal to mine silica sand raises questions
 Manitoba draws line on fracking
Could new frack project turn Manitoba's Brokenhead river into a toxic nightmare?

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RECENT REPORTS

Dekalb water main break repaired, road reopened, BWA remains in force until further notice
HAPPENING NOW
 Friday, January 17, 2025

Dekalb County Water customers under BWA, NWS issues high fire danger statement
AFTER THE CLOSE
 Thursday, January 16, 2025


AFTER THE CLOSE
 Wednesday, January 15, 2025

...More Recent Reports

SDWA Profiles

EPA Safe Drinking Water Act Compliance
 83.5% of Georgia's drinking water providers are compliant
This is how Georgia's drinking water facilities stack up against NY, Ohio, LA and CA

Safe Drinking Water Act
 EPA Serious Violators List Georgia SDWA Compliance is up for a second quarter in a row: 82.6% to 83.5%

Links to Georgia Drinking Water Facilities Profiles

SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
 Jones County Water
BWA issued following service outage

SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
 North Monroe County Water Big Buck Trail BWA

...More SDWA Profiles

HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOMS

HAB Tracker
 AFTER THE CLOSE
Jekyll Island, St Simons beaches testing clean and clear of bacteria

HAB Tracker
 from CyAN Cyanobacteria Assessment Network of the US EPA
Jackson Lake, Lake Lanier, Lake Hartwell cyanobacteria cell counts

...More Harmful Algae Blooms

SPILLS

Hazardous Spill File
 Sewage leak into Nickajack Creek in the Chattahoochee Watershed

Hazardous Spill File
 Methylethylketone spilled in Coosa Watershed

...More Spills

FLOWS

Streamflow Situation
 From the network of USGS real time streamflow monitors in Georgia
 Normal streamflows statewide

Streamflow Situation
 From the network of USGS real time streamflow monitors in Georgia
 Streamflows heading back to seasonal normal statewide

...More Flows

Crime Box

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2013; Case ID# CR_2453 (California)
Retail giant fined $110 million for Clean Water Act violations

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2012; Case ID# CR_2366 (California)
Metal plating business claims no industrial wastewater, principal sent to prison 2 years for illegal acidic discharge

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2011; Case ID# CR_2210 (California)
Antioch concrete beam manufacturer fined $3.5 million for high pH discharges

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2011; Case ID# CR_2162 (California)
Metal plater order to cease operations continues to discharge heavy metals to the public WWTP

CWA CrimeBox
Environmental Crimes Historic Conviction:  Fiscal Year 2011; Case ID# CR_2160 (California)
Wire manufacturer out $1.5 million to cover damage to the public wastewater infrastructure

...More Crime Box



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