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Chattahoochee climate change and clean water

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Chattahoochee climate change and clean water

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How A Clean Chattahoochee River Means Safer Water For Your Home

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While the location of the Chattahoochee River Basin within a “honeypot” country does offer it a level of protection against mass migration, the current unknown trajectory of climate related temperature increases and natural disasters as well as the already booming population of the Atlanta area offer no certainty that continued violent climate change will not have drastic effects on the watershed.

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The construction of new sewage infrastructure and additional water treatment centers has helped curb the point and nonpoint

pollution from the Atlanta area. However, the Atlanta Metro area has many septic tanks still in use and “septic tank effluent is also known to have a significant deleterious effect upon the quality of

both groundwater and stream runoff in urban and suburban basins” (Rose, 2007)

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Water Pollution in the Chattahoochee River (PSA)

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In 2009, “of the 399 miles of streams assessed in the Metro Water District portion of the Upper Chattahoochee River Basin, 343 miles or 86 percent of assessed streams (75 percent) in the Upper Chattahoochee River Basin do not meet water quality standards

for fecal coliform bacteria as a result of nonpoint source pollution. These bacteria enter the stream

from both anthropogenic and non-anthropogenic sources, including SSOs, leaking sewer lines, failing septic systems and pet/ wildlife waste.” (Rose, 2007)

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“The waters in the basin are heavily managed for a variety of reasons, including agriculture, recreation, industry, and hydropower production.” (Stevens & Ruscher, 2014) While many of these reasons have positive benefits in terms of industry and human

wellbeing, there are significant drawbacks as well. “management introduces water-usage agendas and technology that may generate long-term unintended consequences for the environment, exacerbating initial conflicts and or leading to worsening conditions.” (Stevens & Ruscher, 2014) dams and irrigation systems created for irrigation outside of the Atlanta area especially, draws a substantial amount of water away from the Apalachicola Bay

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“Water withdrawals from surface and ground water sources have increased substantially in the last quarter century, resulting in greater demands on what are essentially finite supplies. This trend is expected to continue, with
municipal and industrial demand projected to increase by approximately 39 million gallons per

day (Rose, 2007) over the next 20 years, and agricultural demand by about 35 MGD for the same period.” (Wenger, 2020)

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The water from the Chattahoochee River Basin provides water for the ever growing Atlanta area and power generation and it is also used for agriculture, fisheries, recreation and general industry.

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The Chattahoochee River Basin is home to an incredibly diverse ecology. The most prominent bioregions within the Chattahoochee River Basin are forested areas and wetlands. The Watershed is home to many birds, reptiles, mammals and amphibian, fungi, flora and fauna.

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The precipitation in the Chattahoochee River Basin fluctuates dramatically and is affected by

several climatic oscillations, the most notable being the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. The AMO is a “60-86 year cycle of warming and cooling of sea surface temperatures in the North

Atlantic Ocean.

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The ACF is responsible for carrying a nutrient load to the Apalachicola Bay and creating a

bio-diverse estuary, considered “one of the planet’s biodiversity hotspots.” (Stevens & Ruscher,

2014)

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Threats to the Chattahoochee

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The Chattahoochee River Basin provides water is responsible for over 70% of Georgia’s drinking water and is “the primary drinking water supply source” for the Atlanta Metro area, “providing water to all or parts of eight District counties, including the four most populous: Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett. “ (2019) This means that more than 4 million people depend on the Chattahoochee Watershed for water.

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a battle between state

governments for control and access to the water provided by the watershed

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The accelerated rate of urbanization in the Atlanta area as well high volume needs of water for agriculture, hydroelectric power and fresh water needs in the Apalachicola Bay has made the water of the Chattahoochee River Basin a coveted resource.

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The Chattahoochee River

Basin is responsible for supplying domestic water to the Atlanta Metropolitan Region, which has a

population of more than 4.5 million and is vital water not only to Atlanta but most of the tri-state

area. (Rose, 2007)

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The beauty and life of the Chattahoochee

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The beauty and life of the Chattahoochee

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Drone Nature Flight--Beautiful Chattahooche River Basin Ga

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The entirety of the ACF drains over 19,600 miles, with the Chattahoochee River Basin alone draining “over 498 cfs a day.” (Wenger, 2020

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The Chattahoochee River Basin is the start of the ACF, beginning in northern Georgia. The Chattahoochee River basin begins “draining from Lake Sidney Lanier neat Atlanta, flowing down the Georgia and Alabama border before eventually joining with the Flint River at Lake Seminole at the Georgia/Florida Border, from here the Apalachicola River drains down to the Gulf of Mexico into Apalachicola Bay.” (Stevens & Ruscher, 2014)

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This major watershed covers 12 millions acres between Georgia, Alabama, and Florida.