Beauty in the backwaters

BEAU TY IN TH E BAC KWATER S

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Boundaries, Context, Existing Conditions

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Sub Watersheds and Waterflow to the Creek

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FLOODPLAIN

SOILS

VEGETATION

Creek Indian Pottery Native American Villages and Trails Map Bent Tree Trail Marker

Before there was Peachtree Street, there was Peachtree Creek.

Its waters formed the spine of human community where Atlanta began.

ORIGINS

MILLS AND FARMLAND 1892 Koch Map

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INCREASING DEVELOPMENT

1928

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Historic Site Evolution

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1949 1949 1960

1972 1978 1993

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Site Evolution- COA and EPA Photos

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Master Plan

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EPA Remediation Process

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Zonolite Park Plan

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Zonolite Park - Habitat Diversification

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Planting Plan

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Community Stewardship

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Nickel Bottom Community Garden Plan

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NickelBottomGarden.Com

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Community Garden Fundraising and Sponsorship

Coca-Cola Volunteers

Water is:

• Main ingredient in all of our beverages

• Essential to our manufacturing processes

• Life-sustaining resource for communities and ecosystems

• Key component in our ingredients

• At risk in many areas of the world

We are:

• World’s largest and most recognized beverage company

• Our products are liquids and consumers easily link water use to our business

Global Context

200+ Countries we operate in

300+ Franchise bottling partners

450+ Number of brands, worldwide

900+ Manufacturing plants

1,500,000+ Servings per day

We operate in all but two countries

Business Case for Water Sustainability

Source

Water

Water Replenishment

Goal: To replace every drop of water we use in our beverages and their

production

REDUCE improve water-use efficiency by20%

RECYCLE return wastewater treated to standards

supporting aquatic life

REPLENISH increase availability to people & nature

Watering your garden using rainwater harvested by rain barrels returns water to nature

GEORGIA - Etowah River Basin Protection &

Restoration for Metro Atlanta Drinking Water Watershed

Protected Amicalola Creek in Dawson

Forest from development (pavement)

allowing continued recharge

Coca-Cola employees and families

planted 1400 trees to rehabilitate stream

banks & removed a dam to restore

Raccoon Creek

Developing smart irrigations systems to decrease agricultural

groundwater use to support Flint River habitats while preserving

the region’s rural culture & productive economy – the farm.

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Georgia – Flint River Watershed Sustainable Corn Farming

Rainwater Harvesting for

Community Gardens

City of Refuge homeless center’s urban food desert sustainable agriculture

gardens are irrigated with rain barrels

Coca-Cola funded Atlanta Botanical Gardens’ recycled water fountain

Fernbank Museum of Natural History Rain Garden

Coke bottle-shaped Stormwater Infiltration Gardens Maryland Heights Bottling Plant

Redirecting run-off from parking lot

via cut curbs

Reduces run-off by 200 gallons

for 1”of rainfall

When it Rains….We Store

Watering a Garden Bob Drew – President SERHSA, Founder Ecovie

SERHSA Mission Statement

Achieve widespread adoption of rainwater collection in Georgia through legislation, promotion, education, and professionalism

•• Added Water SupplyAdded Water Supply

•• Reduced RunoffReduced Runoff

•• Drought ManagementDrought Management

•• Cleaner WaterCleaner Water

Starting Point

4 Acres Impermeable – Asphalt below accumulated soil Up to 5.4 Million Gallons Runoff/Year to South Fork PTC

Developed Site Run Off Drainage – Floataway Creek

No Water Service - Community Garden - Orchard - Landscape

Starting Point

Rainwater Plan

Supply 120k Gallons/Year- Year Round Demand Mitigate 300,000 Gallons Stormwater/Year

Up to 14,000 Square Feet

8” Conveyance Pipe

2 x 7,000 Gal Tanks

Irrigation Spigots – Gardens

Controlled – Orchard and Landscape

Conveyance Pipe

To Tanks

Water Capture

Tank Design

Calmed Inlet

8” Feed 8” Overflow to Bio Retention

800 µ Filter

To Irrigation

Floating Intake

Pump

Cross Connect to Tank 2

Fantastic Outreach

Opportunity

Model Partnership

Great Example Stormwater Rainwater

Onsite Stormwater

5.7 MGY

Self Sufficient Water Supply 120kgal/year

Water Management

in Action

Workshops, PR, Education

Meets Everyone’s Objectives

Summary

“When The Well Is Dry, We Shall Know the

Value of Water” Ben Franklin

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SOUTH FORK CONSERVANCY TRAILS MASTER PLAN

South Fork Conservancy Phase One Trail System

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South Fork Conservancy – Peachtree Creek Greenway

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South Fork Conservancy – Peachtree Creek Greenway

Low Impact Trail Character

South Fork Conservancy – Peachtree Creek Greenway

Habitat Restoration and Diversification

PARTNERSHIPS

Atlanta Rain Barrel Partners have received over 4,000 Coke syrup

drums. Over 38,000 rain barrel drums have been donated by plants

across USA & Canada since 2008.

Chattahoochee Riverkeeper

City of Atlanta

Hands On Atlanta

City of Refuge Homeless Shelter

Upper Etowah River Alliance

Habitat for Humanity

West Atlanta Watershed Assoc.

City of Gainesville

Forsyth, Fulton, Cobb Counties

Newtown Florists

Soque River Watershed Assoc.

Coke ingredient drum

rain barrels

offer sustainable school

vegetable garden

watering solution

COLLABORATORS – PARTIAL LIST South Fork Conservancy

• Park Pride

• Atlanta Botanical Garden Center for Plant Conservation

• Trees Atlanta

• Georgia Native Plant Society

• Perkins + Will Urban planning

• Numerous community associations

• NewFields Environmental Consulting

• Emory University

• Georgia River Stewards

• Coca-Cola Water Sustainability

• S.H.E.R.S.H.A; EcoVie

• Sylvatica Studio Landscape Architecture and Ecological Planning

• And the list is growing……

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Community Stewardship

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