Upper Chattahoochee River Basin Profile

The Upper Chattahoochee River Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)-8 Basin represents 18 percent of the total Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District (the District) area. This area supplies drinking water and serves as the primary receiving water for treated wastewater effluent for over 3.5 million people in the District (Atlanta Regional Commission [ARC], 2010). Lake Sidney Lanier, managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, managed by the National Park Service, are major recreational destinations within the Upper Chattahoochee River Basin.