The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Awarded a $50,000.00 grant to the Upper Chattahoocheee Riverkeeper to expand Atlanta Neighborhood Water Watch, as part of the EPA’s Urban Waters Program. Susan Mittleman has more.
The Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper is a non-profit, environmental, advocacy organization, whose mission is to protect and restore the Chattahoochee River and its tributaries.
It is one of just five recipients in the southeast to receive the EPA grant to help restore urban waters and support community revitalization. ‘Urban waters’ can be anything from canals and rivers, to lakes and oceans, in urbanized areas. Executive Director Sally Bethea says the grant will help to train and assist local residents to monitor the quality of the creeks in their communities.
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