PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WTVM) – Phenix City City Council voting to make improvements to the city’s wastewater treatment plant. This decision comes nearly a year after the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and Alabama Department of Environmental Management filed a lawsuit against the city for so called “raw sewage” flowing out of the treatment plant and into the Chattahoochee River.
“It was a little alarming. I mean, I’ve lived here for so long. I live on the river,” said Camryn Bridges.
Camryn Bridges has lived in Columbus for six years and spends a lot of time on the River. According to the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s water reports from August, high levels of E-coli were found in the river…