High Falls Lake, GA — October 6, 2025

The High Falls Towaliga Watershed Alliance (HFTWA) has been awarded a ChangeX Community Fund grant — supported by Amazon — to expand community-led water quality monitoring across the Towaliga River watershed.

This funding will allow HFTWA to extend its monitoring work beyond High Falls Lake, adding new sampling sites along creeks, tributaries, and headwaters in Henry and Butts Counties — areas where rapid growth and stormwater runoff are increasing pressure on water quality.

Working alongside the High Falls Lake Association, four certified Georgia Adopt-A-Stream volunteers conduct monthly bacterial, pH, and chemical testing. All results will be published publicly in the Georgia Adopt-A-Stream database, increasing transparency and helping residents, HOAs, and local officials make informed decisions about lake health.

In the first year, the project is expected to directly engage 250–300 residents and indirectly benefit more than 2,000 community members who depend on High Falls Lake and the Towaliga River for recreation, property value, and quality of life.

“This initiative builds trust, transparency, and accountability,” said [HFTWA spokesperson]. “Local citizens deserve real data — because protecting this watershed must be a community effort.”

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About HFTWA

The High Falls Towaliga Watershed Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the environmental health and water quality of High Falls Lake and the Towaliga River Basin through citizen science, education, and advocacy. Learn more at www.hftwa.org