List of water sources for metro area counties

From Atlanta Water Shortage Wiki

This list shows where various metro area counties/cities get their water. Please add to it. Reference sources if you're able to.

• Alpharetta, City of: Residents of Alpharetta purchase water from Fulton County [1]
• Atlanta, City of: Chattahoochee River, south of Buford Dam [2]
• Baldwin, City of: Chattahoochee River, north of Lake Lanier
• Cherokee County: Etowah River, and some supply from Cobb County [3]
• Clayton County: Their own reserviors, with supplemental water from the Flint River. [4]
• Cobb County: Lake Allatoona and the Chattahoochee River (south of Buford Dam)
• College Park, City of: Sweetwater Creek in Douglas County [5]
• Cumming, City of: Lake Lanier [6]
• DeKalb County: Chattahoochee River, south of Buford Dam [7]
• Douglas County: Dog River [8]
• Forsyth County: Lake Lanier [9] purchased from the city of Cumming [10]
• Fulton County: Chattahoochee River, south of Buford Dam [11]
• Gainesville, City of: Lake Lanier [12]
• Gwinnett County: Lake Lanier [13], also on the Chattahoochee River, south of Buford Dam for emergency use only.
• Heard County: Chattahoochee River, south of Buford Dam
• Henry County: S. Howell Gardner (Indian Creek), Rowland (Long Branch), Towaliga River (Strickland and Cole) & Tussahaw Reservoirs [14]
• Jackson County: Bear Creek Reservoir
• LaGrange, City of: West Point Lake
• McDonough, City of: John Fargason (Walnut Creek) Reservoir & two wells [15]
• Roswell, City of: Big Creek Watershed with supplemental water purchased from Atlanta [16]
• Sandy Springs, City of: The Sandy Springs Web site includes a water info link to the City of Atlanta Dept. of Watershed Management, implying that residents of Sandy Springs purchase their water from Atlanta.
• West Point, City of: West Point Lake

More: http://www.northgeorgiawater.com/files/WSWC_SECTION3.PDF

Water Withdrawls by Location from Lanier and Chattahoochee

Thank you to wspurlock for this info. Taking the above list plus additions, this list shows how much water is used (in millions of gallons a day) from each location. A zero indicates either the water is puchased elsewhere or is not from the Chattahoochee or Lake Lanier.

• [0] Alpharetta, City of: Purchased from Fulton County.
• [150] Atlanta, City of: Chattahoochee River, south of Buford Dam
• [75] Atlanta-Fulton County Water Resource Commission
• [??] Baldwin, City of: Chattahoochee River, north of Lake Lanier
• [2] Buford, City of: From Lake Lanier
• [0] Cherokee County: From Etowah river, and purchased from Cobb County.
• [0] Clayton County: Their own reserviors and from Flint River.
• [73] Cobb County: The portion from Chattahoochee River (south of Buford Dam)
• [0] College Park, City of: From Sweetwater Creek.
• [12] Cumming, City of: Lake Lanier
• [117] DeKalb County: Chattahoochee River, south of Buford Dam
• [0] Douglas County: From the Dog River.
• [15] Forsyth County: Lake Lanier (via City of Cumming, acct'd seperately)
• [0] Fulton County: See Atlanta-Fulton County Water Resource Commission.
• [25] Gainesville, City of: Lake Lanier
• [125] Gwinnett County: Lake Lanier also Chattahoochee emergency only.
• [??] Heard County: Chattahoochee River, south of Buford Dam
• [0] Henry County: Indian Creek, Rowland, Towaliga, and Tussahaw.
• [0] Jackson County: Bear Creek Reservoir.
• [0] LaGrange, City of: West Point Lake.
• [0] McDonough, City of: 2 Wells and Walnut Creek.
• [??] Roswell, City of: Some portion of their water purchased from Atlanta.
• [??] Sandy Springs, City of: Purchased from the City of Atlanta.
• [0] West Point, City of: West Point Lake.

River Basin Transfers - from this pdf file

• [5] Basin Transfer net to Oconee River Basin
• [96] Basin Transfer net to Ocmulgee River Basin
• [1] Basin Transfer net to Flint River Basin
• [+11] Basin Transfer net from Etowah River Basin (yes, this is a positive value)

TOTAL: 685 + City of Baldwin + Heard County + City of Roswell + City of Sandy Springs