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’’