The Chattahoochee is a hard-working river. It provides the bulk of Atlanta’s water supply. It’s used for industry and for recreation. It’s a home for wildlife.
The river is by no means pristine — part of the Chattahoochee has been closed to recreation for weeks because of pollution from a Fulton County sewage treatment plant.
But the Chattahoochee is in much better shape than it was 30 years ago. Back then, it was, as Sally Bethea describes it, “Nasty. It was just plain nasty. It was shameful. And it was disgusting.”
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