Is it safe to swim in the Chattahoochee? Swim guides provide water quality data this summer

Paddlers on Lake Allatoona.
Paddlers on Lake Allatoona. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

This summer, there’s new resources for rivergoers to see if water quality in the Chattahoochee and other Georgia waterways are clean for recreation. 

Jess Sterling with the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper tested water in the Chattahoochee River by Paces Ferry Road.

“We made up this special water sampler that we can actually that fits these sterile bags, and we can drop it off of a bridge,” Sterling said.