Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division Director Judson Turner says a group of environmental organizations ought to be “cheering the state on” for its work on the quality of the water in the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta.
In an interview with Denis O’Hayer, Turner responded to the recent “Dirty Dozen” report from the Georgia Water Coalition. The report listed the Chattahoochee as one of the waterways in peril.
The coalition was particularly critical of a vote in August by the board of the state’s Department of Natural Resources. The board voted to remove a section of state regulations which said water flow at the intersection of the Chattahoochee and Peachtree Creek should be maintained at a minimum of 750 cubic feet per second in order to ensure water quality. The coalition said removing that provision increased the risk of dangerous pollution levels.
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