11. 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
33. 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
34. 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
35. 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
36. 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.
36
Georgia – Flint River Watershed Sustainable Corn Farming
37. 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
38. 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
39. When it Rains….We Store
Watering a Garden
Bob Drew – President SERHSA, Founder Ecovie
40. 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
41. 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
43. 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
56. South Fork Conservancy – Peachtree Creek Greenway
Habitat Restoration and Diversification
57. 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
58. 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……