waterSmart Honors Cobb Students in Annual Coloring Book Contest

Pictured in photo: Cobb students along with Cobb School Board Vice Chair, David Chastain and Laura LaQuaglia, Supervisor, Learning Design and Visual Arts for Cobb Schools.

The Cobb County Water System and the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority (CCMWA) congratulate the 12 Cobb County elementary school students selected as this year’s winners of the 13th Annual Allatoona Ally & Tappy Turtle Artist Challenge.

Cobb County fourth- and fifth-grade students were invited to create coloring book illustrations depicting Lake Allatoona’s own ambassador, Allatoona Ally, and her friend from Cobb Water, Tappy Turtle, about water conservation. The challenge received nearly 600 entries from 11 participating schools.

The coloring book, Allatoona Ally & Tappy Turtle, featuring the top 12 entries will be distributed throughout the community and is available for free download at www.cobbcounty.org/watersmart.

The winners of the 2018 Allatoona Ally & Tappy Turtle Artist Challenge include:

Emma Holland Due West ES

Kendall Boone Bullard ES

Kaitlyn Price Frey ES

Nisha Banerjee Mountainview ES

Mireya Garcia Green Acres ES

Lily Allen Sope Creek ES

Ava Junger King Springs ES

Saige Demeritte Big Shanty ES

Sophie Ward Harmony Leland ES

Rayana Williams Big Shanty ES

Katelyn Kloss Lewis ES

Di’Annie Quinones Varner ES

The illustration by Emma Holland at Due West Elementary was selected as the cover art for the 13th Anniversary Edition of the “Allatoona Ally & Tappy Turtle” coloring book.

“Every year it is exciting to see Cobb students teaching other children about saving water,” says Kathy Nguyen, senior project manager at Cobb County Water System. “We are very proud of all those that participated while spreading this important message.”

“We are both amazed and humbled by the artwork of these talented children. Their sense for the importance of water conservation to our future is truly astonishing.”, says Pat Tibbitts, program director for waterSmart.

About waterSmart

In its eighteenth year, the waterSmartSM program was initiated by CCMWA in 2000 to educate their service area residents of all ages about the importance of indoor and outdoor water conservation and to help encourage sustainable, year-round conservation, regardless of climate conditions. For more information on water conservation and waterSmart, visit www.cobbcounty.org/watersmart.