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Tue., January 3, 2012 4:43pm
A broken pipe from a kaolin company caused a large spill in Reedy Creek. Kaolin is now in Brier Creek where 12,000 fish died in October from another spill. Drinking water is no longer being withdrawn from creek.
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Mon., August 15, 2011 8:03am
A federal agency's report blasts state-level inspections of large farms in Georgia, saying insufficient oversight of how those farms dispose of manure pose a risk to nearby waterways. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Sunday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General found a "significant risk" that Georgia's program for regulating its largest livestock producers "is failing to protect water quality."
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Fri., May 27, 2011 8:56am
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division says a fish kill in the Ogeechee River was caused by a bacterial disease called columnaris.
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Mon., May 23, 2011 1:32pm
State and federal environmental officials are looking into a fish kill on a 35 to 40 mile stretch of the Ogeechee River in Screven and Bulloch counties.
