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GROUND‐WATER MANAGEMENT IN GEORGIA
Author(s) -
Kundell James E.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1980.tb03374.x
Subject(s) - irrigation , water resource management , environmental science , environmental planning , state (computer science) , water resources , groundwater , resource (disambiguation) , session (web analytics) , water use , current (fluid) , environmental resource management , business , environmental protection , engineering , computer science , ecology , computer network , geotechnical engineering , electrical engineering , algorithm , advertising , biology
. Although Georgia receives approximately 50 inches of precipitation annually, concern over water quantity is increasing in this State. Historically, ground‐water problems were associated with major urban‐industrial withdrawals but recent irrigation development in the southwestern portion of the State has attracted attention. Irrigation withdrawals were exempted from the permit requirements of the 1972 Ground Water Use Act. This has led to an inability to manage the resource and questions regarding legal rights to the use of water. Current activities in the State indicate that measures may be taken during the 1980 session of the Georgia General Assembly to enable better management of the State's water resources.