News - Conasauga River
By Mark Millican, The Daily Citizen, Dalton, Ga. Jul. 2--CHATSWORTH -- Concerns about septic systems, clean water and the Conasauga River took top billing at Tuesday's public meeting held by Murray County sole commissioner Jim Welch.
By Erin Fuchs, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn. Apr. 23--DALTON, Ga. -- Flying high above the Conasauga River, local elected officials aboard small airplanes on Tuesday saw the effects of human activities such as agriculture and development on the region's main water source.
By Erin Fuchs, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn. Apr. 4--DALTON, Ga. -- Over a recent 10-year period studied, at least 2,000 septic systems in Whitfield and Murray counties failed and spilled raw sewage in the Conasauga River watershed, according to the Conasauga River Alliance.
By Erin Fuchs, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn. Mar. 22--DALTON, Ga. -- Pointing to the receding stream bank, conservationist Frank Sagona explained to eight high school seniors the importance of repairing the erosion he described as "an open wound" on Swamp Creek. Mr.