An exacting, uncompromising scientist and her staff doggedly interpolate data from disparate sources in order to reach accurate conclusions.
The State of the Water 2018
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The State of the Water 2017
HRWC is not-for-profit, and serving no pharmaceutical giant. Its data gathering is broad-based and uncompromisingly tough. And no matter what else is going on around it, it’s driven to achieve its mission – to accurately post true records of the quality of water.
The startling contrasts at Georgia’s Mining Gap
Bell Mountain is in the Appalachians and it immediately drains one of the particularly beautiful federal TVA impoundments of the Hiwassee River called Lake Chatuge.
The “State of the Water” in the Hiwassee River watershed
If you’re going to save a river on this globe from human neglect, you could choose no better than the Hiwassee.
Cherokee County, North Carolina: Watershed Highlights 2015
Along the Valley River’s banks, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opened its Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino and Hotel on Oct. 1, 2015.
Towns County, Georgia: Watershed Highlights 2015
Three Murphy, N.C. men made a doomed attempt in 1963 to mine quartzite/silica from the very top of 3,420-foot Bell Mountain here north of this county seat.
Towns County, Ga. preserves the top of Bell Mountain
The steep 3,420-foot mountain immediately drains TVA’s stunningly scenic Lake Chatuge that spreads out below, a vulnerable and fragile wonder of the Blue Ridge.
Towns County, Georgia: Watershed Highlights 2014
Hiawassee is away out front in water quality technology
More vehicles and an idyllic scholarly village– will they mix well?
Will a wider SR 515 pierce the heart of that scenic village and also roughly abut Young Harris College? Or will an enhanced roadway bypass all and go around the north side, crossing Brasstown Creek in the process?
This is one Scarlett from Georgia who hits the ground running
Scarlett Fuller is named Lake Chatuge Watershed Coordinator for the Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition.