The Atlanta City Council voted on Monday, Dec. 5 to confirm Jo Ann J. Macrina as commissioner of Atlanta's Department of Watershed Management, effective immediately. Macrina, who previously worked in DeKalb County, has worked as acting commissioner of the city's watershed department since earlier this year. She takes over a department that is undertaking a city-wide audit of residential water meters and seeking an extension to the federal deadline for a $4 billion sewer system overhaul.

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