Mercury Impaired Waters in Georgia

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Cleveland
Red Bank
Dalton
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75
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Rome
COOSA RIVER
Centre
Cedartown
Cartersville
Lake Acworth
Marietta
Dallas
Liburn
Powder Springs
Union City
R
VE
Riverdale
Palmetto
Stockbridge
Griffin
Grantville
85
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WEST POINT LAKE
Barnesville
La Grange
Milledgeville
Forsyth
LAKE
TOBESOFKEE
GOAT ROCK LAKE
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McRae
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Valdosta
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Miles
100
Suwan
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75
150
Km
Tallahassee
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Ala
Quitman
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Nahunta
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SPRIN
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CR
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Savannah
EE
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RI
95
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Havana
Banks Lake
Waycross
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Alapaha Riv
Adel
E
LITTL
Thomasville
LAKE SEMINOLE
50
Hinesville
P
EA
CO
Turkey
Branch
Nashville
Sneads
Chattahoochee
100
Glennville
AL
TA
M
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RI
VE
Jesup
Tifton
Boston
50
r
Garden City
Savannah Beach
Windsor Forest
Isle of Hope
Hazlehurst
VE R
T RI
FLIN
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Cairo
Marianna
Blountstown
Reidsville
BloomingdaleCANAL
Douglas
Reed Bingham
Moultrie State Park Lake
Port Royal
PIPE MAKERS
Pembroke
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Satilla River
Camilla
Beaufort
Port Wentworth
Atlantic Ocean
Darien
Bainbridge
Quincy
Ca
no
oc
he
Claxton
Ocilla
Sylvester
Laurel Bay
R
Fitzgerald
§
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Pelham
Graceville
Lyons
Baxley
75
Ashburn
Colquitt
artford
r
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RIV
LAKE BLACKSHEAR
Albany
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Springfield
r
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Metter
Soperton
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Georgia Southern Statesboro
Sand Hill Lake
Glenwood
Alamo
R
IV E
ER
E
Milan
E
LG
MU
OC
NE
Og
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Twin City
CRE
AWAY
Dothan
Southport
Varnville
AH
16
§
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Vidalia
Little Ocmulgee
State Park Lake
(Gum Creek Swamp)
K
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C
GUM Cordele
K
CREE
FO
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AYNOC
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Blakely
25
Walterboro
Hampton
East Dublin
Hawkinsville
R
CH
A
Dawson
Lake Kolomoki
12.5
Allendale
Wadley
Dublin
E
RIV
KI
N
Abbeville
0
k
Tennille
Eastman
ALEE
ge
Americus
Plains
Eufaula
25
Cre
e
Sylvania
NT
Richland
Cuthbert
0
Bamberg
Fairfax
Macon
Unadilla
K
MUC
Lumpkin
µ
er
Millen
FLI
gs
Chipley
Waynesboro
Gordon
Fort Valley
Oglethorpe
Ellaville
Bonifay
Bri
Sandersville
Perry
Buena Vista
Cottondale
Bowman
Saint George
§
Ç
A
Cochran
eville
Denmark
N
AN
SAV
gee
Headland
Blackville
Barnwell
E
EK
Columbus
Ozark
Williston
New Ellenton
Jackson
Swainsboro
CREEKReynolds
BEAVERButler
LAKE OLIVER
Clayton
Augusta
Bush Field Airport Unnamed Pond
CR
Notasulga
Proposed Washington
County Plant
Gray
K
Orangeburg
Langley
Clearwater
Grovetown
Aiken
Graniteville
North Augusta
North
Wrightsville
LAKE HARDING
Auburn Opelika
R
Hamburg Millpond
T
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R
C
Belvedere
Thomson
Saint Matthews
Wagener
R
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Valley
GA
LAKE SINCLAIR
Thomaston
Manchester
OR
H
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Sparta
E
LG
MU
OC
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50 Km
LAKE OCONEE
Eatonton
Monticello
Woodbury
Lanett West Point
OO
§
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75
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Hogansville
Lafayette
J. STROM
THURMOND LAKE
Crawfordville
Hampton
JACKSON LAKE
Edgefield
Washington
Greensboro
Springdale
Rivers and Streams
Johnston
Union Point
20
Lake Bennett
Jackson
Roanoke
Madison
Lakes and Reservoirs
Lexington
Batesburg
McDonough
Peachtree City
Newnan
Social Circle
Covington
Fayetteville
eville
RI
VE
Conyers
Saluda
Lincolnton
er
R iv
Lithonia
Limiting fish consumption advised by
Saint Andrews
state due to elevated
mercury Columbia
levels.
Calhoun Falls
ee
TA
A
CH
CH
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HO
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RI
Black
Shoals
Lake
Monroe
Camden
Fish Consumption Advisory - Mercury
Ninety Six
CLARKS HILL LAKE
r
Bowdon
Snellville
Greenwood
100 Km
Athens
iv e
eR
Carrollton
Rivers and Streams
Newberry
RUSSELL LAKE
Elberton
Lawrenceville
Stone
Mountain
Lake
BEAR CREEK RESERVOIR
Heflin
Winnsboro
Abbeville
Jefferson
Kershaw
Lakes and Reservoirs
Iva
Royston
he
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Laurens
Hartwell
Commerce
lac
20
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Ap
AT L A N TA
Douglasville
Temple Villa Rica
Bremen
Mableton
LAKE HARTWELL
Chester
Great Falls
Water contains mercury in excess
of
Whitmire
state
water quality standards
Clinton
Honea Path
Lavonia
n
Oco
Smyrna
Lithia Springs
Buchanan
Tallapoosa
Cornelia
*IMPAIRED WATERS
Lancaster
LABELED Irwin
IN
RED
2008 303(d) List - TWR and Mercury
Fountain Inn
Belton
Anderson
85
Buffalo Union
West Pelzer
Williamston
Toccoa
Winder
Duluth
Gloster
Clemson
Legend
Woodruff
Simpsonville
Piedmont
Clarkesville
Flowery Branch
Buford
Central
Tugalo Lake
Mauldin
Gantt
Liberty
Jonesville
Chicopee
LAKE SIDNEY LANIER
LAKE
ALLATOONA
ALLATOONA
CREEK
R
Greenville
Easley
Monroe
Rock Hill
Glendale
Pacolet
Greer Spartanburg
Pickens
Walhalla
Gainesville
Woodstock
Alpharetta
Oak Grove
Acworth
Kennesaw
Roswell
Rockmart
E
VE
RI
IVER
Cass
TALLAPOOSSA RIVER
onville
R
AH
W
ETO
Canton
SPRING
CREEK
Piedmont
E
AT
T
ES
CH
E R TALKING ROCK CREEK
Adairsville
OO
S
ayne
Calhoun
LAKE
RABUN
CHICKAMAGUA
CREEK
V
Summerville
K
EE
TE
AT E
LAKE BURTON
BRIAR
CREEK
RI
C OO
Blue Ridge
AR
G
SU EEK
CR
W
CONA
SWAMP
CREEK
Mercury Impaired Waters in Georgia
Fort Mill
York
Cowpens
Live Oak
nal
BUFFALO RIVER
Brunswick
R IV
ER
Gibson Creek
Purvis Creek
Terry and Dupree Creeks
ER
River
La Fayette
K
EE
R
C
ee R
iv er
LL
MI
BLUE RIDGE LAKE
Clover
Gaffney
LymanWellford
Travelers Rest
CH
AT
T
Creek
Sumac
NOTTELY LAKE
hoo
ch
COAH
Chickamauga
Copperhill
CHATUGE LAKE
Cha
ta
U LLA
Bridgeport
U GA R
I VER
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
K
outh Pittsburg
Blacksburg
Inman
Ducktown
CR EE
Tiftonia
Chesnee
St. Mar y
s
Signal Mountain
Landrum
Franklin
Map created August 11, 2009.
Fernandina Beach
Primary Data Sources: Georgia's 2008 Integrated
305(b)/303(d) Report (Georgia EPD, 2008),
Guidelines For Eating Fish From Georgia Waters:
2008 Update (Georgia DNR, 2008)
Basemap Data Sources: USGS National
Hydrography Dataset & ESRI
Jacksonville
Jacksonville Beach
Jacksonville