Marisa Mecke

2 weeks ago | smokesignalsnews.com | Marisa Mecke

Water courses through a series of little outdoor ponds at the Douglas County water treatment plant, where it’s filtered before heading to sinks and toilets, schools, homes, restaurants and hospitals. “Our water comes from the Dog River Reservoir,” said Gil Shearouse, the executive director of the Douglasville-Douglas County Water & Sewer Authority. He said the county has to think about the water supply.

2 weeks ago | wabe.org | Marisa Mecke

Georgia Power is planning to build two new transmission lines in Northwest Atlanta, but at a community meeting on May 13, neighbors said they weren’t consulted on the plans — and they have major concerns about the project. These two electrical lines are planned to wind through Howell Station, but speakers at the meeting said they’re concerned these new electrical lines are less about serving their neighborhood and more about the QTS data center recently built nearby.

2 weeks ago | wabe.org | Marisa Mecke

Water courses through a series of little outdoor ponds at the Douglas County water treatment plant, where it’s filtered before heading to sinks and toilets, schools, homes, restaurants and hospitals. “Our water comes from the Dog River Reservoir,” said Gil Shearouse, the executive director of the Douglasville-Douglas County Water & Sewer Authority. He said the county has to think about the water supply.

1 month ago | wabe.org | Marisa Mecke

DeKalb County is seeking more time to address long-running issues with its sewers, including chronic spills and overflows of untreated sewage into local waterways and neighborhoods. In an April 30 hearing in front of a federal judge, the county agreed to submit an official proposal to overhaul its agreement with state and federal regulators to address its sewer problems.

1 month ago | wabe.org | Marisa Mecke

At the Atlanta Science Festival in March, Dr. Jaap de Roode discussed his book, “Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes & Other Animals Heal Themselves,” with interludes of Camille Saint-Saëns’ “The Carnival of Animals,” played on the piano by Emory’s William Ransom and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Julie Coucheron. He told the audience that he starts his book by discussing the monarch butterfly. “Has anyone read the “Very Hungry Caterpillar? That book’s got so many mistakes,” de Roode laughed.