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	"author_name": "North Georgia Community Action Network (NGA CAN)",
	"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/indivisible-woodstock-can",
	"title": "Stop the Shutdown: Protect Georgia’s Water Monitoring Center",
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	"description": "In 2023, dangerous levels of bacteria were pouring into the Chattahoochee River—and most of us never knew. It took the South Atlantic Water Science Center in Norcross to catch it. Their federal scientists worked with local partners to detect the contamination, trace it to a failing wastewater plant, and push for accountability. Without that monitoring, families across metro Atlanta could have been drinking or swimming in polluted water—without warning. Now, that same science center is on a federal shutdown list. Not because it failed. Not because it’s unnecessary. But because Elon Musk’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” wants to cut costs and dismantle oversight. One of their targets? The federal staff who keep watch over the water millions of Georgians drink. They say it’ll save $1.3 million. But what’s the cost of a flood with no warning? A pathogen outbreak with no alert? A river poisoned with no one watching? This is not efficiency. It’s abandonment. And it’s happening under the watch of leaders at every level. If Governor Brian Kemp won’t speak up for Georgia’s drinking water, he’s complicit. If Senators Ossoff and Warnock stay quiet, they’re missing in action. If local officials and utility boards refuse to fight, they’ve already surrendered. We’re not asking for luxury—we’re demanding basic safety. This center tracks floods, pathogens, dam releases, rainfall, and river levels. It protects our farms, our food, our cities, and our children. And it works. We don’t shut down our fire alarms during wildfire season. We don’t silence our flood gauges as storms grow stronger. We don’t blindfold ourselves in a crisis. We are Georgians. We believe in stewardship, accountability, and protecting our neighbors. Water is life. This center protects it. And we will not let it be shut down without a fight.",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-shutdown-protect-georgias-water-monitoring-center"
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