Chattahoochee

Just wanted to let the skeptics (like me) know that this hole is actually quite nice and the water is not bad at all (and I'm squeamish at nasty water). It was running right around 1000 cfs when we were there last week and the hole was perfect. We parked just outside the construction entrance on S. Atlanta and walked down adjacent to the construction boundary and paddled upstream. There is a bum camp in the woods by the bridge so I wouldn't recommend leaving anything valuable in your car. All in all this is a great little spot for us Atlantans to get some play after work...

This is a regular spot of mine and I am very familiar with the water quality (and an Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper member). The water quality at the wave is the same as the rest of the river upstream until you get to Morgan Falls...quite nice for an urban river almost never any serious problems. There are, however, serious issues about a half mile downstream where the treatment plants discharge ... but there is nothing to paddle there.