Cobb County receives a warning for taking too much water from Allatoona
The Corps sent a warning letter today to the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority, saying that they might be taking too much water from Lake Allatoona.
By law, the authority can take up to 34.5 million gallons per day, but they’ve been far exceeding it. The authority claims that since they give back millions of gallons each day in the form of treated sewage, they only need to make sure the difference is under 34.5M gallons. The Corps say that the returned sewage doesn’t count.
This situation is sure to please Alabama officials who have been asking for more downstream releases from the lake
