Key Creek Stressors

• Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's)

• Leaky Sewage Systems

• Faulty Septic Tank Systems

• Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO's)

• Riparian Degradation, e.g., Loss of stream buffers and floodplains

• Hydraulic Alteration, mainly due to impervious surfaces, e.g., flash flooding

• Silt and Sedimentation from erosion from disturbed soil

• Upper Chattahoochee River Keeper "Get the Dirt Out"

• Polluted runoff from highways, streets and parking areas

• Polluted runoff from roofs, lawns and gardens, e.g., pesticides and fertilizers

• Point Source:  toxic hotspots such as gasoline stations

• Invasive plants

• Why care?
• http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/unitedstates/ga.shtml

The CSX Rail line runs contiguous with the creek for its entire length.

The creek has been on the Georgia Envionmental Protection Division's list of impaired creeks due to fecal coliform bacteria, mainly from leaking sewers and faulty septic tanks.

EPA data on Burnt Fork Creek