The Withlacoochee River and the Floridan Aquifer affected by the
Sabal Trail pipeline is #9 in the Georgia Water
Coalition’s Dirty Dozen 2014: A Call to
Action, 
and here’s the
press release,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2014 — Today, Georgia’s
leading water coalition named its “Dirty Dozen” for
2014, highlighting 12 of the worst offenses to Georgia’s waters.
The annual Dirty Dozen shines a spotlight on threats to Georgia’s
water resources as well as the polluters and state policies or
failures that ultimately harm—or could harm—Georgia
property owners, downstream communities, fish and wildlife, hunters
and anglers, and boaters and swimmers.
“The Dirty Dozen is not a list of the most polluted water
bodies in Georgia, nor are they ranked in any particular
order,” said Joe Cook, Advocacy & Communication
Coordinator at the Coosa River Basin Initiative. “It’s a list of
problems that exemplify the results of inadequate funding for
Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division (EPD), a lack of
political will to enforce existing environmental protections, and
ultimately misguided water planning and spending priorities that
flow from the very top of Georgia’s leadership.”
WWALS submitted #9 of the Dirty Dozen:
9. Withlacoochee River & Floridan Aquifer: Gas Pipeline
Threatens Southwest Georgia Water, Way of Life
The Sabal Trail pipeline’s path across Continue reading →
concerns about the rights of landowners to continue agriculture and other economically productive uses which may be incompatible with the proposed Sabal Trail pipeline. I have also heard many concerns voiced regarding loss of property value, particularly where new pipe may be laid on land which presently has no existing line. As a professional geologist, however, Continue reading
