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Oconee River

The Oconee River above Lumber City as it winds it way south to meet the
Ocmulgee River and form the Mighty Altamaha
(photo by SOUTHWINGS, Asheville, N.C., Conservation through Aviation)

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Fish Kill in Commissioner Creek

Paddle Georgia 2011

Hard Labor Creek Reservoir

Oconee River Updates

Oconee River and Coastal Wetland Cypress Trees Named
to SELC Top Ten List of Endangered Places in the South

Help monitor the recovery of the Trail Creek ecosystem!

Oconee River Chemical Spill more details >>

Ben Emanuel

 

ARK welcomes
Ben Emanuel as
Oconee Projects Coordinator

 

In the News

Plant Washington Coal Plant

Altamaha Riverkeeper worked with six local, state, and national citizens groups to appeal state water withdrawal and discharge permits for the proposed Plant Washington coal plant. The 850 megawatt coal plant  is a project of Power4Georgians, a company organized by Cobb Electrical Membership Corporation (EMC) and four other EMCs. The coal plant will be located in the Ogeechee basin at Sandersville,  but the water to run it will be piped from and discharged to the Oconee River. ARK thanks our attorneys at Greenlaw and Southern Environmental Law Center and our fellow citizens groups for their extensive efforts in filing this appeal.

Oconee River Fishermen Find Problems

SP Newsprint

Citizen reports about the discharge of plastic in the Oconee River near Dublin prompted the Altamaha Riverkeeper's investigation of the SP Newsprint Discharge pipe. Over many site visits, ARK consistently found plastics and paper being discharged underwater along with other substances creating a scum on the surface of the water. Working with the Georgia Center for Law in the Public Interest, ARK filed a 60 day Notice of Intent to Sue on August 5th.

City of Dublin

On Wednesday, May 18th, the Altamaha Riverkeeper sent a 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue to the City of Dublin for being in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. The notice informs the City of Dublin that it must stop polluting the Oconee River or face legal action. Read the articles below.

Wilkinson County Logging Site
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Where the Ocmulgee meets the Oconee to form
the mighty Altamaha >>> more

Oconee River at Confluence near Lumber City

One of the many small headwater streams, near Watkinsville, that flows into the Oconee River.

 

Altamaha Riverkeeper James Holland collecting water sample at sewerage treatment plant outfall in Dublin Georgia on tributary stream to Oconee River. Local fishermen call this tributary, "Soap Creek".

Dublin WPCP effluent is gray. The clear brown water is from the natural stream coming from the branch up above. 4/1/04
 
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