# Atlanta's Water: Would an aqueduct from Chattanooga be feasible? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 6, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantas-water-would-an-aqueduct-from-chattanooga-be-feasible/425410 "2007-11-06T15:24:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantas-water-would-an-aqueduct-from-chattanooga-be-feasible/425410/21 "2007-11-07T13:39:05Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] Re Atlanta’s elevation, according to the internets, it is apparently either the [second](http://www.kennesaw.edu/stu_dev/isrs/hb17.html), [third](http://www.teamaquaphoractive.com/Page794.aspx) or [fourth](http://www.kennesaw.edu/stu_dev/isrs/hb17.html) highest major city in the USA. Which was a surprise to me too. [/QUOTE] I knew it was one of the higher cities in the US. I just thought Chattanooga was higher. But I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantas-water-would-an-aqueduct-from-chattanooga-be-feasible/425410/22 "2007-11-07T17:52:25Z")
Actually, it makes sense that Atlanta is high elevationally speaking. Hot air rises and it **is** known as Hot-lanta. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantas-water-would-an-aqueduct-from-chattanooga-be-feasible/425410/23 "2007-11-07T18:59:16Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] Re Atlanta’s elevation, according to the internets, it is apparently either the [second](http://www.kennesaw.edu/stu_dev/isrs/hb17.html), [third](http://www.teamaquaphoractive.com/Page794.aspx) or [fourth](http://www.kennesaw.edu/stu_dev/isrs/hb17.html) highest major city in the USA. [/QUOTE] I’m not too sure about the reliability of that first link. Check these factoids: > [@](#): > > Did you know Atlanta … > > - is 6,150 square miles? > - has 7,000 total square miles of toll-free road, the largest in the world? Apparently, multi-layer highways are popular in Atlanta. And check this from the second link: > [@](#): > > Atlanta, the capital and most populous city in the state of Georgia, is a city rich in history dating back to the Civil Rights Movement. No history prior to that? ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantas-water-would-an-aqueduct-from-chattanooga-be-feasible/425410/24 "2007-11-07T19:18:27Z")
[QUOTE=Xema] No history prior to that? [/QUOTE] No! We were on vacation! ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantas-water-would-an-aqueduct-from-chattanooga-be-feasible/425410/25 "2007-11-07T19:40:56Z")
I am currently working at my company’s headquarters, which is a wooded campus on the banks of the Chattahoochee down-stream from Lake Lanier. I walked down to the river yesterday. While I understand the needs of the states down-stream, the current situation must be very frustrating to the folks in this area. The river is full, no exposed banks at all, and the current is flowing rapidly. It must seem to the locals that “their” water is being dumped into the Gulf of Mexico. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantas-water-would-an-aqueduct-from-chattanooga-be-feasible/425410.md?page=1)