New Report Calls Savannah River Third Most Toxic In America | GPB.org

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A new report ranks the Savannah River third in the country for the amount of toxic discharge released into its water.

More than 5 million pounds of waste were discharged into the river in 2010, according to the report from Environment Georgia.

Tonya Bonitatibus of Savannah Riverkeeper says officials have been working on a pollution reduction plan for several years. But she says little has changed in the meantime.

“What we’ve got on this river is we’ve still got a large amount of pollution going in, we’ve got permits that expired five, six years ago, and it’s the status quo.”

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