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| 2009-10-22 | |
| Industrial facilities dumped over 10 million pounds of toxic chemicals into waterways throughout Georgia, according to a report released today by Environment Georgia: Wasting Our Waterways: Industrial Toxic Pollution and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Clean Water Act. The Savannah River received more toxic pollution than any other river in Georgia and was the fourth most polluted river in the country. | |
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| 2007-10-11 | |
| October 18, 2007 marks the 35th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, a landmark law intended to restore and maintain the physical, chemical and biological integrity of the nation’s waters. In passing the Clean Water Act, Congress set the goals of eliminating the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s waterways by 1985 and making all U.S. waterways fishable and swimmable by 1983. | |
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| 2007-07-03 | |
| Environment Georgia Research & Policy Center and the Southern Environmental Law Center hereby nominate a segment of the Conasauga River for Outstanding National Resource Water (ONRW) protections under Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 391.3-6-.03(2)(c). | |
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| 2007-02-28 | |
| This report identifies 10 special rivers in the Southeast of exceptional beauty, recreational value and ecological importance. Each of these waterways faces significant challenges. And all of them deserve the highest level of protection the Clean Water Act affords – designation as Outstanding National Resource Waters. | |
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