Add It Up: Dept. of Water and Power

Gallons of water consumed by average Cobb County household in

October: 6,510

Gallons of water used by Cobb resident Chris G. Carlos in October:

440,000

Swimming pools that much water could fill: 58

Gallons of water power plants Atkinson and McDonough consume daily from the Chattahoochee River: 862 million

Number of power plants located along the Chattahoochee River: 10

New jobs that proposed coal-fired power plant Longleaf could

bring to Early County, Georgia’s sixth poorest county: 100

Gallons of water Longleaf is expected to draw from the Chattahoochee each day, according to the AJC: 20 million

“Drops” of water Longleaf will “normally” draw from the Chattahoochee daily, according to plant project manager: 0

Sources: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The New Republic, ‘’Southern
Environmental Law Center, Greenlaw’’