New $2.5 million project aims to attack metro Atlanta’s smelly water problem

The deal that ended the government shutdown included a surprising perk for metro Atlanta: It might eventually keep the drinking water here from tasting so much like dirt in autumn.

Embedded in a bill to reopen the federal government was a $2.5 million grant to find ways to reduce the flow of the nutrients that feed algae blooms in Lake Lanier, according to U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Cumming, whose district includes the lake area.

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Lake Lanier is the main source of drinking water for most of metro Atlanta. Here the lake is seen Jan 1, 2024. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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