Where's the water?

Kendra Wozniak
AP Lang 6th

Over the summer, The Chattahoochee River is flooded with kayaks and bright yellow tubes. The hot spot for activities of all sorts at this nature-full river. A place for peace and relaxation. Not on October 18, 2012. Those summer days of relaxing down the smooth river are over. For today at least. 


The Chattahoochee water level became
extremely low this morning, causing
 many regular activities to be cancelled.


The Chattahoochee water level has slowly declined over the past few months with the increase in the need of water. The levels dropped, for the "second time in three months" to the point where boats would sink in the mud at the bottom of the Chattahoochee River with puddles of water surrounding the boat. The water level caused complaints by "visitors [today] Thursday morning" and the staff also asked, "Gosh, what's wrong with the river?" The river changed to thick mud, eliminating the ability to do the regular activities of the day.

Today, Patty Wissinger, the superintendent of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, learned that the "Corps of Engineers had failed to release water through Buford Dam overnight." The River this morning sank to "its lowest level in years near Morgan Falls", marking the history of the "lowest point since the July incident". The incident this morning, although insignificant to the country, many families who live off the soil and water of the Chattahoochee River were depressed over the low level.

The Chattahoochee River is a dominant water source in Georgia. Without this important river flow, the communities bordering the Chattahoochee River would not have the abundance of life in the summer as these communities have today.

Georgia without the Chattahoochee River is like wishing for rain in the desert. Depressing. Barren. Miserable. The Chattahoochee River establishes such an abundant resource of water and creates a community feel with activities and events along this Chattahoochee River, which could never exist without the water from this river. The Chattahoochee River.

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/chattahoochee-revisits-previous-lows-as-corps-dela/nSg5b/