Page 14A • August 23-29, 2013 www.atlantabusinesschronicle.com BUSINESS CHRONICLE Unemployment rates for Southeastern metropolitan By The Numbers areas, June 2013 Among 50 Southeastern cities, Atlanta’s Water wars still flowing unemployment is toward the upper end, yet lower than most other cities in Gov. Rick Scott announced Aug. 13 that his state will The following chart shows the organizations holding the 50 Georgia. Auburn-Opelika, Ala., enjoys the sue Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court over water use. Florida largest non-farm surface water withdrawal permits from the lowest unemployment in the Southeast. has long maintained that Georgia’s consumption of water from Georgia Environmental Protection Division for the Apalachicola/ was limiting flows downstream to the Apalachicola Chattahoochee/ Basin, as of May 2013. Rocky Mount, N.C. 13.30% 11.60% River, home to Florida’s environmentally fragile oyster industry. Dalton, Ga. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, N.C. 10.50% Fayetteville, N.C. 10.40% PERMIT HOLDER RIVER BASIN COUNTY WATER SOURCE PERMIT LIMIT MAX* Brunswick, Ga. 10.30% 1. Homestead Energy Resources LLC Chattahoochee Early 16,130 Palm Coast, Fla. 10.20% Albany, Ga. 10.20% 2. Crisp County Power Comm - Hydro Flint Worth 4,847 Hinesville-Ft. Stewart, Ga. 10.20% 3. Eagle & Phenix Hydroelectric Project Inc. Chattahoochee Muscogee Chattahoochee River 1,694 Pascagoula, Miss. 10.10% Florence, S.C. 10.10% 4. Co. - Plant Mitchell Flint Dougherty Flint River 232 Memphis, Tenn. 10.00% 5. Ha-Best Inc. Chattahoochee Habersham 223 Rome, Ga. 9.80% Macon, Ga. 9.80% 6. Atlanta, City of Chattahoochee Fulton Chattahoochee River 180 Greensboro-High Point, N.C. 9.70% 7. Georgia Pacifi c Cedar Springs LLC Chattahoochee Early Chattahoochee River 144 Charlotte, N.C. 9.30% Columbus, Ga. 9.30% 8. DeKalb County Public Works - Water & Sewer Chattahoochee DeKalb Chattahoochee River 140 Valdosta, Ga. 9.10% 9. Georgia Power Co. - Plant Wansley Chattahoochee Heard Chattahoochee River 116 Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss. 9.00% Atlanta, Ga. 8.90% 10. Georgia Power Co. - Plant Wansley Chattahoochee Heard Service Water 110 Savannah, Ga. 8.80% 11. Georgia Power Co. - Plant Yates Chattahoochee Coweta Chattahoochee River 104 Spartanburg, S.C. 8.80% Winston-Salem, N.C. 8.70% 12. Atlanta-Fulton Coounty Water Res. Commission Chattahoochee Fulton Chattahoochee River 90 Chattanooga, Tenn. 8.50% 13. Columbus, City of Chattahoochee Muscogee 90 Anderson, S.C. 8.20% Columbia, S.C. 7.90% 14. Cobb County - Marietta Water Authority Chattahoochee Cobb Chattahoochee River 87 New Orleans, La. 7.90% 15. Griffi n, City of Flint Pike Flint River 50 Baton Rouge, La. 7.80% Gainesville, Ga. 7.60% 16. Griffi n, City of Flint Pike Still Branch Reservoir 48 -Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 7.60% 17. Clayton County Water Authority - Flint Flint Clayton Flint River 40 Knoxville, Tenn. 7.50% Raleigh-Cary, N.C. 7.50% 18. Gainesville, City of Chattahoochee Hall Lake 35 Greenville, N.C. 7.40% 19.Southern Power Co. - Plant Franklin Chattahoochee Muscogee Chattahoochee River 32 Charleston, S.C. 7.30% Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla. 7.20% 20. Georgia Power Co. - Plant McDonough-Atkinson Chattahoochee Cobb Chattahoochee River 30 Athens-Clarke County, Ga. 7.20% 21. Douglasville Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority Chattahoochee Douglas Reservoir 23 Ashville, N.C. 7.10% Nashville, N.C. 7.10% 22. Cumming, City of Chattahoochee Forsyth Lake Sidney Lanier 21 Jacksonville, Fla. 7.00% 23. LaGrange, City of Chattahoochee Troup 18 Pensacola, Fla. 7.00% 6.90% 24. Board of Commissioners of Fayette County Flint Fayette Line Cr (McIntosh Site) 17 Orlando, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. 6.70% 25. Clayton County Water Authority - Shoal Flint Clayton J.W. Smith Res./Shoal Cr. 17 Gadsden, Ala. 6.70% 26. Board of Commissioners of Fayette County Flint Fayette Flint River 16 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 6.60% Dothan, Ala. 6.60% 27. Forsyth County Board Of Commissioners Chattahoochee Forsyth Lake Sidney Lanier 16 Panama City, Fla. 6.60% 28. Crisp County Power Comm - Steam Flint Worth Lake Blackshear 15 Decatur, Ala. 6.50% Gainesville, Fla. 6.00% 29. Board of Commissioners of Fayette County Flint Fayette Horton Creek Reservoir 14 Birmingham, Ala. 5.90% 30. Newnan Utilities Chattahoochee Coweta Raw Water 14 Huntsville, Ala. 5.90% Auburn-Opelika, Ala. 5.80% 31. Weyerhaeuser Co. Flint Macon Flint River 14 0 3 6 9 12 15 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 32. East Point, City of Chattahoochee Douglas Sweetwater Creek 13 www.bls.gov/web/metro/laummtrk.htm 33. Griffi n, City of Flint Spalding Flint River 13 34. Chattahoochee Muscogee Chattahoochee River 12 Georgia was No. 2 in new 35. Newnan Utilities Flint Coweta Line Creek 12 jobs from June-July 2013 36. Coweta County Water & Sewerage Authority Chattahoochee Coweta BT Brown Reservoir 10 States with statistically significant 37. Dahlonega, City of Chattahoochee Lumpkin Yahoola Creek Reservoir 9 employment increases from June 2013 to 38. Carroll County Water Authority Chattahoochee Carroll HC Seaton Reservoir(Snake Cr) 8 July 2013, seasonally adjusted 39. Chat Water Supply District Chattahoochee Harris Chattahoochee River 8 STATE OVER-THE-MONTH CHANGE 40. Newnan Utilities Chattahoochee Coweta Sandy/Browns Creek 8 California 38,100 41. Smiths Water Authority Chattahoochee Muscogee Lake Oliver (Chat R) 8 Georgia 30,900 42. Newnan Utilities Flint Coweta White Oak Creek 7 Florida 27,600 43. Douglasville Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority Chattahoochee Douglas Bear Creek Reservoir 6 Michigan 21,400 44. Coweta County Water & Sewerage Authority Chattahoochee Coweta Cedar Creek 5 Arizona 13,700 45. Board of Commissioners of Fayette County Flint Fayette Flat Creek Reservoir 5 Connecticut 11,500 46. Roswell, City of Chattahoochee Fulton Big Creek 5 Utah 10,600 47. Thomaston, City Of Flint Upson Potato Creek 4 Kentucky 9,500 48. Manchester, City of Flint Talbot Lazer Creek 4 Washington 8,800 49. Thomaston, City of Flint Upson Raw Water Cr Res 4 West Virginia 6,300 50. Baldwin, City of Chattahoochee Habersham Chattahoochee River 4 Delaware 2,800 North Dakota 2,700 Note: * millions of gallons per day Source: Environmental Protection Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, www.gaepd.org/Documents/regcomm_wpb.html, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table C, “Non-Farm Suface Water Withdrawal Permit List”o www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm