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ARC sets public

meetings on water quality

The Atlanta Regional Commission will host four public meetings, beginning

June 21 in Fayetteville, to obtain comments from the public on draft plans

for addressing pollution from bacteria and sediment in streams that fail

to meet water quality standards in the Chattahoochee and Flint River Basins

in metro Atlanta.

ARC has worked since March with county and city governments and local water

and sewer authorities in the two river basins to develop the plans to bring

sediment and bacteria levels in line with water quality standards. ARC held

an earlier series of meetings to seek public input on sources of pollution

and strategies for reducing it.

Meeting attendees will have a chance to examine maps showing which streams

are polluted, hear a presentation about the plans and discuss additional

sources of the pollution in the watersheds. Meetings are scheduled throughout

the region as follows:

- Monday, June 21, 6:30 p.m., Fayetteville City Hall, 240 Glynn Street

South.

- Tuesday, June 22, 7 p.m., Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers,

2 South Main Street.

- Wednesday, June 23, 6:30 p.m., Smyrna Community Center, Community

Room, 200 Village Green Circle.

- Thursday, June 24, 7:30 p.m., Atlanta Botanical Garden, Fuqua Orchid

Center, 1345 Piedmont Avenue N.E., Atlanta.

Individuals who cannot attend a meeting can review the plans online and

see the presentation about the initiative at www.atlantaregional.com/cleanerstreams.

Also on the Web site is an interactive map of the affected streams, enabling

citizens to see which streams in their neighborhood are polluted with bacteria

or sediment. Copies of the plans are also available at the main branch of

the public library in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett

and Henry counties.

The affected jurisdictions include Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette,

Fulton, Gwinnett and Henry counties; and the cities of Alpharetta, Atlanta,

Austell, Avondale Estates, Berkeley Lake, Buford, Clarkston, Chamblee, College

Park, Decatur, Doraville, Douglasville, Duluth, East Point, Fairburn, Fayetteville,

Forest Park, Hampton, Hapeville, Jonesboro, Lake City, Lovejoy, Marietta,

Morrow, Norcross, Palmetto, Powder Springs, Rest Haven, Riverdale, Roswell,

Smyrna, Sugar Hill, Suwanee, Tyrone, Union City, Villa Rica and Woolsey.