The Coosa River Basin Initiative’s Swim Guide will return for the summer season beginning Memorial Day weekend.

CRBI officials say the guide will provide weekly updates on bacterial levels at popular recreation sites on waterways across the region. The Swim Guide will continue each week through Labor Day weekend, with results posted every Friday at coosa.org.

The guide is designed to help swimmers, paddlers, boaters, and other “weekend warriors” make informed decisions before heading out on area rivers and streams.

In Chattooga County, CRBI’s monitoring includes popular access points along the Chattooga River, including the Lyerly Dam Road Canoe and Kayak Launch and the Lower Chattooga Canoe and Kayak Launch near the Chattoogaville area.

Testing is focused on E. coli bacteria levels, which can rise after periods of heavy rain and runoff. Sites are typically marked as passing or failing based on whether bacteria levels are within recommended safety limits.

Water monitoring is one part of CRBI’s larger mission to protect, preserve, and restore the upper Coosa River basin.

More information, including weekly Swim Guide results and details on how to support CRBI, is available at coosa.org.