Protecting OUR river together

YOUR VOICE MATTERS

Speak up for the South River and its communities. Everyone deserves equal protection under the law.

STOP THE SWAP

PROTECTING PARK LAND AT INTRENCHMENT CREEK PARK

SRWA is in a citizen’s legal dispute with DeKalb County to protect 40 acres of park land, wildlife habitat, forest and riparian buffer from private development.

Your support helps protect public land.

PROTECT THE CREEK

SRWA Files Complaint on Atlanta's Comprehensive Development Plan

June 10, 2024 // A Community Stakeholder Complaint was submitted to the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and Georgia Department of Community Affairs outlining numerous and ongoing violations of the Comprehensive Development Planning process by the City of Atlanta. In short, the City failed to disclose or involve the public of its omission of the 300-acre former Prison Farm parcel (from the South River Forest/Park) in its Comprehensive Development Plan.

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DEMAND EQUAL PROTECTION FOR ALL

Tell EPA to remove the "Priority" language from the DeKalb County consent decree.

This unprecedented language means the county is not required to fix the sewer system in “non-Priority” areas – primarily south DeKalb where the river is and communities are 71% of residents are Black. The language undermines the Clean Water Act, setting a precedent that threatens people and rivers nationwide. Click here for more info.

SIGN THE PETITION

EMAIL THE EPA

Your message can be short & sweet.

Remove "Priority” language from the DeKalb County consent decree.
All people and all waterways deserve equal protection under the law.
The EPA has an obligation to address ongoing environmental injustice and protect disproportionately polluted communities.