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Augmenting Coastal Georgia’S Fresh-Water Supply While Reducing Local Salt-Water Intrusion Into Groundwater Reservoirs, Forrest A. Strickland

Public Health Capstone Projects

Fresh water is not a guaranteed resource. Most of Georgia’s fresh-water sources are refilled by rainwater, and any form of drought or decrease in rainfall levels would result in Georgia’s fresh-water supply becoming vulnerable to over-extraction. This would potentially lead to serious issues including monetary losses in industries which require the use of water in their operations. However, another issue with fresh-water loss is that when fresh water does not flow at expected levels towards the Georgia coast, salt-water begins to intrude into the major available fresh-water reservoirs of the coastal region, particularly the Upper Floridian aquifer. This salt-water intrusion …

Prioritizing Environmental Hazards Through Focus Groups In Npu-V And Proctor Creek Watershed, Atlanta, Georgia, Molly Dunham-Friel

Public Health Capstone Projects

ABSTRACT

Prioritizing Environmental Hazards Through Focus Groups

In NPU-V and Proctor Creek Watershed, Atlanta, Georgia

By:

Molly Morgan Dunham-Friel

July 2016

INTRODUCTION: This study set out to gather data on residents’ opinions of the community environmental conditions in Neighborhood Planning Unit-V (NPU-V) and Proctor Creek Watershed (PCW) in Atlanta. This research built on previous research conducted in these Atlanta communities. This research provides a prioritized list of environmental hazards and concerns of residents living in NPU-V and PCW, in order to inform further scientific research, education, and exposure reduction strategies.

AIM: To understand and prioritize environmental health concerns in NPU-V …