Ga. Environmental Groups Recognize Efforts To Protect State’s Waterways
In its annual “Clean 13” report, the Georgia Water Coalition praised a handful of companies and organizations for their efforts that benefit the state’s rivers.
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Georgia environmental groups are praising a handful of companies and organizations for their work to clean up rivers around the state.
In its annual “Clean 13” report, a counterpart to its also annual, but less celebratory “Dirty Dozen” report, the Georgia Water Coalition recognized companies like the carpet maker Interface and the cable and wire manufacturer Southwire.
In the Atlanta area, the report credits the Clayton County Water Authority and the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority for their work to conserve water and increase flows in the rivers they use.
“It’s becoming more difficult for downstream communities to look upstream and call Atlanta the boogeyman these days,” said Joe Cook, with the Coosa River Basin Initiative.
Georgia is still in a legal battle with Florida over water in a case in the U.S. Supreme Court. A group looking to find common ground and a way to share the rivers the states are fighting over, the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint Stakeholders, is also recognized in this year’s Clean 13 report.
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