The Ripple Effect Film Project, a film competition that encourages youth to learn about and advocate for water conservation through filmmaking, celebrates its tenth anniversary this year with a showcase
On June 14, the Athens-Clarke County Public Utilities Department (PUD) released the 2022 Drinking Water Quality Report. The report, which detailed the local water supply quality in 2021, reflected that
On Jan. 19, six operators at the Athens-Clarke County Public Utilities Department pulled an almost 900-pound mophead out of the equipment at the Middle Oconee Water Reclamation Facility.
A small group of people gathered outside of the North Oconee Water Reclamation Facility on Sunday afternoon for a free Valentine’s Day-themed tour of the facility.
As an undergraduate student in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia, Camille Bennett knew she liked being outdoors, and she liked to help others appreciate it.
She studied parks, recreation and tourism management and connected with professor Kris Irwin, who shares her passion for environmental education. She also found a mentor in Warnell, alumna Jackie Sherry, water conservation program education specialist for Athens-Clarke County. After graduation, she further honed her environmental education chops working with CAC AmeriCorps doing outdoor interpretation at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Then, all those connections she formed as an undergraduate began to shape her path.