Quench: The Cleaner, Greener, More Affordable Water Cooler for Atlanta

Atlanta Drinking Water Quality: Yesterday

The city of Atlanta developed as a railroad hub at the headwaters of two large water basins, the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin. Despite this seemingly advantageous location, Atlanta had difficulty meeting its residents’ fresh water needs as it grew. The granite and granite-like geology of the region limits the amount of groundwater resources, forcing Atlanta to rely on limited amounts of surface water. In the 1930s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommended that the city develop a water storage system.

In 1946, construction began on the Buford Dam north of Atlanta, which created Lake Lanier, to provide water (as well as recreation) for the residents of Atlanta. The city grew so quickly that within 30 years, a second dam was built, creating the Allatoona Lake. No sooner had the artificial lake been filled than the States of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia filed suits citing the environmental and economic impact of the new dam. These lawsuits would be the start of a decades long “water war” about the division of the water available in the two river basins, which has yet to be resolved.

Atlanta Drinking Water Quality: Today

Today, metropolitan Atlanta consumes 512 million gallons of water per day, with most of it coming from reservoirs north of the city, including Lake Lanier and Lake Allatoona. These reservoirs are open to runoff from urban, suburban, and agricultural areas, exposing the water to chemical contaminants, sediment, and microbial contaminants.

Quench Water Coolers – A Better Drinking Water System for Atlanta

No need to worry about what your office’s drinking water might have picked up on its journey to your glass. Quench offers a full complement of filtration and purification technologies to remove sediment, reduce chemical contaminants, including lead, and get rid of off-tastes and odors. That’s how we can guarantee that Quench office water coolers produce crisp, clean, great-tasting water – and at a fraction of the price of bottled water delivery services.