Walnut Creek Watershed Coalition - WC2

07/13/2025

WC2 is currently an activist concept. We strive to be a long lasting 501(3)(c) entitative to be registered as a Not-for-Profit in GA. We must have a Board of directors (at least three) to register with GA Secretary of State.

The Board oversees the Creek Keeper, helps raise funds, advances public outreach, and tracks financials. The day-to-day operations of WC2 are the Creek Keeper duties.

If you are interested, please let us know in what capacity you would like to serve.

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07/13/2025

The Creek Keeper is now on the Board of the Ocmulgee River Basin Counsel.

We hope to bring a broader perspective to the water quality and environmental impacts in Henry County.

Water is life! Watersheds unite our communities!

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07/13/2025

Our next road side trash clean up will be in August. WC2 has adopted Turner Church Road from Charolais Drive to North Ola Road. Stay tuned for exact date, time and details.

Keep Henry County and our communities clean! Thank you.

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07/04/2025

That noise in the trees at night!

The cicadas insects are in the order of Hemiptera (true bugs). Nearly all cicada species are annual cicadas with the exception of the few North American periodical cicada species that emerge en masse every 13 or 17 years.

Photographs from Walnut Creek Vicinity

07/01/2025

Are PFAS chemicals in your drinking water?

On June 6, 2025, we completed Adopt-a-Stream monitoring at an added site located at the SR 155 Bridge over Walnut Creek, immediately downstream of the "City of McDonough Filter Intake". The City of McDonough 2024 Water Quality Report identifies the "John H. Fargason Reservoir" on Walnut Creek as its primary drinking water source.

The water collection at SR 155/Walnut Creek was submitted to an independent Certified Laboratory for analysis of PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances).

PFAS have been linked to various health problems, including: Liver damage, Thyroid disease, Obesity, Fertility issues, Cancer, Interference with vaccine effectiveness. Their persistence in the environment (aka forever chemicals) poses long-term risks to ecosystems and wildlife.

The U.S. EPA has established drinking water standards for several PFAS at 4 parts per trillion (ppt). However the long term goal (a non-enforceable health-based goal) is set at zero.

The regulations do not take affect until 2031 and only apply to drinking water. PFAS bioaccumulate in organisms such as the fish we eat and the food we consume.

We detected PFAS at 2.8 ppt at the SR 155/Walnut Creek Bridge. Remember the health goal is zero PFAS.

Contact your water supplier and ask how PFAS are currently treated and tested for presence, in your tap water.

Home PFAS test kits are available.

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06/25/2025

Are you aware of this U.S. EPA Order and $25,000 Fine to the Henry County Water Authority in 2019? This is disposal of Treatment Plant Industrial/Human Waste on Agricultural Lands. It is a long legal read, but note that contaminated soils were distributed to the public. There are other Land Application Systems still operated by the Henry County Water Authority, and industrial/human f***l waste, not farm animal waste is distributed on Agricultural Lands. What are we eating in Henry County?

Google: U.S. EPA Docket No. CWA-07-2019-0056

06/21/2025

Great news. Wetlands are wonderlands! The Okefenokee is a unique wonder in the World!

06/16/2025

A newly identified species is already in danger of extinction. A proposed massive data center in Alabama would “nuke” its habitat, scientists say.

06/12/2025

Henry County has not reported any Sewer Spills/Releases from May 12 - June 12, 2025. Good job!

The City of Hampton had a reported spill on May 29, 2025.
Hampton, City of (Bear Creek WPCP). 2025-05-29. Lift Station #1 on Elm Street. 8,572 gallons. This release entered Bear Creek, Flint River Basin.

You can find out more about reported sewage releases here:

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) provides information on municipal sewage spills reported to EPD. The list covers the most recent 30-day period and is updated each business day with all available information.

06/09/2025

Take our entry-level safety and rescue class for more confidence on the water!

A comprehensive Safety & Rescue class for lake and Class I river paddlers is a rare offering in this region, so we are excited to offer it to you!

The classes offer lectures, group discussions, demonstrations and lots of actual hands-on practice where you will learn how to rescue yourself, how to rescue someone else, how to be rescued by someone else…and how to avoid problems in the first place!

Join us for the lake day class, river day class or both!

🛶 LAKE DAY - June 28, Lake Allatoona, Acworth GA

This class will have 2-3 hours of “classroom” learning and then on-the-water training. We will be swimming!

🛶 RIVER DAY - June 29, Rivercliff Swim & Racquet Club, Lilburn, GA.

This class will have several hours of “classroom” learning and water drills to simulate rescue techniques.

Learn more and register at https://garivers.org/paddle-georgia/grn-rescue-for-rec-boaters/

06/07/2025

You may be seeing a lot of these around your outdoor lights. Stone flies! They don't bite. Their larval stage is in streams. They are important indicators of water quality and one of the many aquatic macro-invertebrate insect species that WC2 uses to gauge the water quality of the watershed.

06/07/2025

“These new vessels bring a fresh energy to Savannah’s waterways.”