The Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) is planning to sue the City of Atlanta under the federal Clean Water Act in response to ongoing sewage spills at the R.M. Clayton Water Reclamation Plant in northwest Atlanta.
Since March, CRK has reported high levels of E. coli and other contaminants downstream of the R.M. Clayton plant, which is Georgia’s largest sewage treatment center.
CRK has advised recreators to exercise caution for a 60-mile stretch of the river from the plant’s outfall in Atlanta all the way to Franklin, Georgia. The treatment center’s outfall, where treated wastewater enters the river, is about a mile downriver of Standing Peachtree park near S. Atlanta Road.
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