Focuses on three main waterways in metro Atlanta Look at what you see Describe in your notebook Discuss as a class

 Covers Bartow, Cobb and Cherokee Counties  LAKE FACTS  Area (acres): 12,010  Length of Shoreline (miles): 270  Volume (acre-feet): 367,500  Depth of water at dam (feet): 145  DAM (Located in Cartersville)  Purpose: Flood Control, navigation, power generation  Year Completed: 1950  Cost: $35.7 million  Area of Reservoir: 19,200 acres  Hydro Generating Capacity: 110 MW

 “Also that day, it was reported that heavy residential and commercial development had been an economic blessing for Cobb and Cherokee counties, but that it could contribute to Lake Allatoona’s downfall in the next decade if the pollution wasn’t halted.  The prediction was made during a meeting at Kennesaw State College of the 60-member Lake Allatoona Clean Lakes Task Force, which heard preliminary results of a four-year water- quality study that began in 1992.”

 The 12,000-acre lake, which provided the Cobb Water System with million gallons of drinking water per day, had an uncomfortable level of phosphorus, according to the study done by KSC’s A.L. Burruss Institute of Public Service and funded by federal, state and county grants.”  Image of actual newspaper

Cartersville students pose with garbage collected from Lake Allatoona. Trash left at end of season once lake has been drained. Many fishermen catch cans and cups all summer long Sewage spill at Tanyard Creek causes large fish kill.

 The Etowah River is a 164-mile-long waterway. Its name is the Cherokee version of the original Muskogee word Etalwa, which means a "trail crossing“.  The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida border. This river is 430 miles long

Muddy Etowah The most common impact to stream organisms is excess sediments washing into streams, eliminating habitat for many species Etowah River Clean-up Freedom Industries Etowah River Terminal. The terminal is a liquid bulk storage and distribution facility

“Sweep the Hooch” clean up effort in pollution/vCQB6/ Over Flowing storm drain dumping into river Alga bloom Forsyth County: a sewage discharge permit that would have unnecessarily polluted the Chattahoochee River

 On the paper provided, write a letter to your state representatives about the pollution in metro Atlanta water systems.  Describe the pollution that is occurring  Suggest steps on how to stop or prevent further pollution  Use your notes from last week to help you!