Permanent Daytime Watering Restrictions Needed

Rain alone will not end our water crisis in North Georgia. The Chattahoochee River serves 3.5 million Georgians, including 70% of metro Atlanta, but its watershed north of Atlanta is the smallest to serve any metropolitan area in the country. With our limited water supply, permanently restricting daytime watering - when 50% of water used is lost to evaporation - makes common sense.

Please contact your local officials (mayor, city council, county commission) today and voice your support for permanent daytime water restrictions. Click here to read more about UCR's call for watering restrictions, and click here to learn more about what you can do to conserve water.

SweetWater's Save the Hooch Campaign Raises $63,000!

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Sunday night, SweetWater Brewing Company's Freddy Bensch and Steve Farace presented a ceremonial check representing funds raised by the Save the Hooch Campaign to UCR’s Sally Bethea during the Collective Soul concert at Chastain Park. Members of Collective Soul, as well as representatives from SweetWater, UCR, Whole Foods Market and Taco Mac (pictured above), were on hand to celebrate the conclusion of this tremendously successful campaign which raised over $63,000 to fund UCR’s river patrol for an entire year as well as other water quality monitoring programs.

Thanks to SweetWater, Collective Soul, Whole Foods, Taco Mac, Live Nation and everyone who pitched in to Save the Hooch!!

Save the Date: UCR's Patron Dinner, September 24

Wednesday, September 24, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper members and sponsors will gather at Park Tavern in Piedmont Park for our annual Patron Appreciation Dinner. Awards will be presented to Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., The Vasser Woolley Foundation, SweetWater Brewing Company, and the six other Georgia Riverkeepers.

Click here for more information. Tickets will be available for purchase online beginning August 29 ($100/ person for dinner; $500/person for VIP reception and dinner).

Flow Comes to Atlanta October 3

Flow is Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. The film premiers September 12 in New York City and will open at Atlanta's Landmark Theater in Midtown on October 3 where a panel discussion of local water issues will include UCR's Sally Bethea.

View the trailer here and learn more about the film here.

Be A Part of A New Online River Guide

Brown's Guides is expanding its coverage to the web and looking for expert writers and contributors. For your help, you receive exposure and have your stories posted on the web. Brown's Guides is looking for short narratives about canoe or kayak trips on specific sections of Georgia rivers, maps, photographs, and more. For more information, email Fred Brown at fred@brownsguides.com or click here.