The American Rivers conservation group released their annual list of the most endangered rivers in the country with the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin taking the number one spot.
According to the report, “Outdated water management practices and wasteful water use threaten the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee and Flint rivers — the source of metro Atlanta’s drinking water and lifelines for agriculture, industry, fisheries and recreation. Unless Georgia, Alabama and Florida reach a transparent water-sharing agreement that protects both people and wildlife throughout the basin, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers improves water management, the region will face lasting economic and environmental damage.”
The report goes on to say, “Excessive water use, particularly in fast-growing Georgia, is the chief threat to the ACF Basin, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ mismanagement exacerbating the problem.”
The entire endangered river list reads as follows:
1. Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin
2. San Joaquin River
3. Susquehanna River
4. Smith River, Montana
5. Green-Duwamish River, Washington
6. Pee Dee River
7. Russell Fork River
8. Merrimack River
9. St Lawrence River
10. Pascagoula River
Based in Washington, DC, the American Rivers organization “protects wild rivers, restores damaged rivers, and conserves clean water for people and nature. Since 1973, American Rivers has protected and restored more than 150,000 miles of rivers through advocacy efforts, on-the-ground projects, and an annual America’s Most Endangered Rivers® campaign,” according to the description on the organization’s website (americanrivers.org).
"with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ mismanagement exacerbating the problem.”
I just felt that needed to be highlighted.... because THEY are the ones that can fix the problem, THEY are the ones who caused the problem with their dam. if they'd raise the gates and let the water flow as it is supposed too.. then it wouldn't be an issue... they should've known they coudln't take water from there for the water starved people in atlanta... simple truth of the matter is THEY only helped atlanta grow more by giving them someone elses water in the first place... and now atlanta is running into the same problem all over again... The only real solution is to raise the price of water in Atlanta to the point that they don't use more than their share... that area wasn't meant to support that many people... if you can agree it isn't able to support any more then you should be able to agree that it is already overloaded and thus be able to do something to cut the growth of the area to a sustainable level. God didn't mean for all of us to live on top of each other... there's plenty of room for people to live out west.. i'm sure montana has room.. they don't all have to live here.
This is so true and the bouyies are all knocked around and barely detectable to which is the shallow side or the deep side. They need to fix this problem also since they think they own it. And dredging it again would be a good idea also