Water Quality Monitoring
Monitor Water Quality of Atlanta's Stream and Rivers to Ensure Programs Are Effective
The City has partnered with the U.S. Geological Survey and Southeast Waters to implement a comprehensive water quality monitoring plan. Forty stream sites will be monitored initially; twenty permanent sites will be monitored over the next decade. In addition, the Long Term Monitoring Program will help the City to track water quality improvements associated with Clean Water Atlanta. The Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper will provide oversight to the monitoring effort, working with a Technical Advisory Committee of local water quality, public health and environmental science experts.
- Partner with USGS, to implement comprehensive water quality monitoring plan
- Monitor 40 sites initially, with 20 permanent sites over the next decade
- Track water quality improvements associated with Clean Water Atlanta initiative
- Oversight role by Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
Clean Water Atlanta expands this program to include all projects required to comply with two federal consent decrees and a state consent order, improve water quality throughout metro atlanta, secure drinking water facilities in accordance with national homeland security guidelines and provide holistic management of the City’s resource operation.
Through the programs associated with Clean Water Atlanta, the City of Atlanta will establish, operate and maintain state-of-the-art water resource and infrastructure systems. Clean Water Atlanta will also enable the City to meet water quality requirements in the near and distant future.