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October 2, 2022

TODAY

INNER CITY YOUTH TRAINING
GREEN CITY FORCE, a sustainable training program for youths from NYC public housing
WT Interview with Joshua Owens, Director of Social Enterprise Operations Green City Force, NYC

WATERSHEDS
Week of 9/26 - 10/2 ➤
Information on flows, spills, goundwater, and HABs.
Store owner arrested for illegal dumping in Savannah Watershed
Previous Reports

SPILLS Week of 9/12 - 9/18 ➤
Highlighting toxic spills, spills over 100 gallons and spills impacting water

CRIME Week of 9/19 to 9/25 ➤
Environmental Crimes
Historic Case: Fiscal Year: 2002, CR_1034(Florida)
One of 24 CWA criminal prosecutions in the state of Florida
A Largo company was found in violation of its wastewater discharge permit, reporting only the favorable results to the authorities.

Safe Drinking Water Act Compliance in Georgia
89.7% compliant
List of drinking facilities with significant violations - Full Report

SPILL RESPONSE - Georgia EDP
Week of 9/19 - 9/25 ➤
Responses to spill into the Savannah River Watershed
Aug 30, 3:30 pm caller reports raw sewage being pumped out of septic holding tanks into the nearby woods in Augusta (Richmond).
EDP forwarded complaint to the Department of Health for investigation which found the complaint valid. WTGA will contact them
Full Response

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WATERSHEDS

RIVERS

COUNTIES

TOPOGRAPHY

WATERSHED DATA
Complete data on Georgia watersheds, rivers, streams, reservoirs, regulators and community water systems.

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).

LINKS

WT LATEST

OFF GRID OffGridBox: An all-in-one solution providing renewable energy and clean water to remote communities WT Interview with Bas Berends, Chief Partnership Officer, OffGridBox	PFAS Axine EOx technology enables PFAS destruction by 99.999 per cent Interview with WT Interview with Greg Peet, CEO, Axine Water Technologies
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING Polyblocks Polymer Concrete with no Water consumption & near zero CO2 emissions Interview with Maxine Mathias, Marketing Manager, Polycare	SHIPPING Oceanbird - A Shipping Revolution Swedish Technology will make it possible to power the largest ocean-going cargo vessels by harnessing the wind. Interview with Niclas Dahl, Managing Director, Oceanbird

WT WOMEN

From Trash to treasure - a paradigm shift. Interview with Joanne Rodriguez Founder of GreenTech Start-up, MYCOCYCLE

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography detect vast amounts of groundwater beneath Antarctic ice. Interview with Chloe Gustafson, Lead Author

An interview with EEWG Science Analyst Sydney Evans Evans focuses primarily on tap water contaminants, exposure analysis, and children's health.

CITY WATER

GWINNETT, GA
Gwinnett County’s water sourced from Lake Lanier has been voted the best
tasting water in Georgia by the Georgia Association of Water Professionals.

ROSWELL, GA
City of Roswell honored with three awards by Georgia Association of Water Professionals

ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY, GA
The J.G. Beacham Plant has won the Platinum Award from the Georgia Association of Water Professionals for 11 years

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