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New Report Calls Savannah River Third Most Toxic In America
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A new report ranks the Savannah River third in the country for the amount of toxic discharge released into its water.
More than 5 million pounds of waste were discharged into the river in 2010, according to the report from Environment Georgia.
Tonya Bonitatibus of Savannah Riverkeeper says officials have been working on a pollution reduction plan for several years. But she says little has changed in the meantime.
“What we’ve got on this river is we’ve still got a large amount of pollution going in, we’ve got permits that expired five, six years ago, and it’s the status quo.”
The EPA has called for a 90% reduction in discharge for the Savannah River in Georgia and South Carolina.
“The problem is that they ordered that to happen quite a few years ago and we still haven’t had any meaningful reduction whatsoever because of this process.”
Advocates worry the pollutants could pose health risks and deplete the river’s oxygen level.
Tags: Savannah River, pollution, EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, Environment Georgia, Savannah Riverkeeper
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