Staff from Cobb's waterSmart program added to the enjoyment of fall planting season at the East Cobb school.
- SCHOOLS
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
WaterSmart -- a program of the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority and Cobb County Water System – recently sent a team to Brumby Elementary School to teach its after-school Garden Club about fall planting and water-saving techniques for a beautiful landscape. The same knowledge provided to students can be applied to home gardens as well. The students learned the following fall planting tips:
The county is looking for ways to reduce a projected rate increase for the water system.
- GOVERNMENT
- Justin Ove
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Cobb County Government is investigating ways to alleviate the projected eight percent increase in water rates that will be passed on to consumers from the Cobb County Water System. Chairman Tim Lee suggested the county look at refinancing the Cobb-Marietta Water Authority's debt. With the current low interest rate, this plan could bring significant savings to the county and its water consumers. As reported in The Marietta Daily Journal, there was a transfer of $20 million from the Water System to the general fund to help balance the budget combined with a rate increase. This shuffling of funds has been decried by several people, including District 3 Commissioner JoAnn Birrell, as a back door tax hike.
The exhaustive test covers areas including the Chattahoochee River and Lake Allatoona.
The Cobb County Water System has released its yearly Water Quality Report, covering the time period from January to December, 2011. The samples, taken from hundreds of sites in Cobb County, are tested for contaminants such as lead, nitrates, harmful bacteria and disinfectants. The results of the tests showed no violations in Cobb County drinking water, however there are some areas of concern; one of the 50 sites tested for lead contamination exceeded the EPA-regulated "Action Level" of 15 parts per billion (ppb). The highest recorded levels of Trihalomethane, a byproduct of disinfecting drinking water, came dangerously close to exceeding the Action Level of 80 ppb, however the average concentration was well within safety limits. Only one …
