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News Articles: water safety

The sun sets on Sapelo after a ferry dock collapse left 7 dead on Oct. 19, 2024. Credit: Jazz Watts

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‘Catastrophic failure’ of gangway led to 7 deaths on Sapelo

The gangway was installed in 2021 but maintenance and inspection records are unclear.

October 21, 2024
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By:
  • Mary Landers ,
  • Robin Kemp ,
  • and 1 more
People kayaking.

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In honor of Boating Safety Week in Georgia, low-cost kayaking lessons are available

As the weather warms up and Georgians head out onto the water, several partner groups are teaming up to teach boating safety skills. Low-cost kayaking lessons are available this weekend at five Georgia locations.

May 16, 2024
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
<a href="https://firststrokes.org/" data-key="424">First Strokes</a> is a New York-based organization working to get teens in the water safely — and to try to remove the barriers to learning. Above, a First Strokes class at Hill Regional Career High School in New Haven, Conn.

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Many teens don't know how to swim. A grassroots organization is trying to change that

First Strokes, a nonprofit based in New York City, is helping students learn water safety skills and how to swim. They offer free swimming lessons for teens — taught by other teens.

June 09, 2023
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Chattahoochee River

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  • Environment

'SPLASH': Water safety tips for Memorial Day weekend and year-round

Water safety in Georgia is a priority as the summer season begins. Learning about preventative measures against accidents like drowning while swimming, boating as well as ensuring the water's quality can help ensure your family's safety.

May 26, 2023
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
Georgia Power's Plant Hammond in Rome an undated photo. Coal ash pond 3 is more than half of the property and only yards from the Coosa River.

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  • Environment

Public Comment Sought On Northwest Georgia Coal Ash Plan

Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division appears poised to approve a storage plan that would allow the toxic material left over from burning coal to generate electricity, so-called coal ash, to remain potentially in the path of an underground aquifer feeding the Coosa River in Northwest Georgia. 

August 06, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
Ash pond in foreground of Plant Scherer

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  • Environment

Lawsuit Says Plant Scherer Is 'Poisoning' Locals

The mass tort lawsuit, filed Wednesday morning in the Superior Court of Fulton County, where Georgia Power is based, claims that coal ash stored in an unlined basin has contaminated the groundwater surrounding the plant site.

July 29, 2020
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By:
  • Max Blau
Fletcher Sams, right, explains to Gloria Hammond of Juliette, Ga. that the water in her well tests many times over the California limit for hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen and constituent of coal ash.

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  • Environment

People Get Answers To What's In Their Water As Clock Ticks On Coal Ash Bills

It was late on a rainy night when Fletcher Sams of the Altamaha Riverkeeper guided his truck down a long muddy road to Ken and Dorothy Krakow’s home on...

March 11, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship

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On Second Thought For Monday, June 3, 2019

Farmers caught up in the trade war recently got another bailout from Washington. Meanwhile, hurricane relief funds remain stalled in congress. We get an...

June 03, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 2 more
USA Swimming, Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones, center, gives area children a swimming lesson at Centenary College in Shreveport La.

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SwemKids Empowers Georgia Children To Dive Into Water Safety

Summer is officially weeks away, but there have already been tragedies reported in lakes, rivers and pools. Georgia officials are investigating two...

June 03, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Elena Rivera

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