More than 44K fish die in Chatthoochee

Sewage Spill Kills 44,000 Fish In Major US River

Taking place in the Chattahoochee River, a fish kill that's being considered unprecedented was triggered by an oxygen-depleted water overflow.

More than 44K fish die in Chatthoochee

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has released an investigative report estimating more than 44,000 fish died as a result of water pollution in the Chattahoochee River last month.

Above the Waterline: Atlanta's dirty rain problem

Nearly 20 miles downstream from Atlanta, the water in the Chattahoochee River was strangely dark and musty-smelling when Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s Jason Ulseth launched his boat at dawn in late May. Then, he saw the fish. Thousands of them of every size, all dead and dying. As he motored upstream in the growing light, Jason could see that the river’s banks were coated with thick, black mud, releasing a foul odor, as flotillas of dead fish drif…