ATLANTA, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Georgia Power's Renew Our
Rivers program kicked off its 2007 campaign with a Sept. 7 event at Lake
Tugalo in northeast Georgia. Throughout the next few months company
volunteers from offices and power plants will spend a great deal of time
cleaning recreational sites and waterways.
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The Renew Our Rivers program is part of Georgia Power's continuing
environmental stewardship efforts to clean up rivers and waterways
throughout Georgia. Georgia Power is partnering with a number of
conservation groups to help make Georgia's rivers cleaner. Georgia Power is
seeking volunteers to participate in this year's events in communities
across the state.
The project also supports Georgia's Rivers Alive program sponsored
annually by the Department of Natural Resources' Environmental Protection
Division and Keep Georgia Beautiful.
"In past years volunteers have found everything from the refrigerator
to the kitchen sink," said Georgia Power's Tanya Blalock, manager of water
programs in the department of Environmental Affairs. "This year, we are
looking to clean more areas in hopes of finding less trash. We hope that
people will finally get the message and are starting to better protect our
natural resources," she said.
This year's remaining river cleanup schedule:
Plant Branch 10/24/2007
Plant McDonough 9/29/2007
Plant McManus 9/26/2007
Plant Scherer 10/2/2007 or 10/4/2007
Plant Wansley 9/28/2007
Plant Yates 9/29/2007
Lake Jackson December
Lake Oconee 10/13/2007
Ocmulgee River 10/06/2007
Bartletts Ferry 9/28/2007
Central GA Hydro 10/13/2007
Georgia Power is the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, one of the
nation's largest generators of electricity. The company is an
investor-owned, tax-paying utility with rates well below the national
average. Georgia Power serves 2.3 million customers in all but four of
Georgia's 159 counties.
SOURCE Georgia Power
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