Protecting the Big Haynes Creek Watershed: A Strategy for Land Management and Nonpoint Pollution Control
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Schmidt, Denise L.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
Population growth has led metropolitan
Atlanta and surrounding counties to evaluate and pursue new
water supply sources. Rockdale County plans to construct a
dam on Big Haynes Creek to create a reservoir and build a
downstream, run-of-river intake. With 82 square miles, the
Big Haynes Water Supply Watershed encompasses portions
of four counties and three cities and is considered a small
water supply watershed according to DNR minimum
planning criteria. The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC)
facilitated a study to investigate alternatives to these criteria
and to develop a proposal for implementing a management
plan for the watershed. In order to protect water quality and
reduce costs, the recommended alternative included allowing
development anticipated in the local governmments' 2020
land use scenario, coupled with requiring certain categories
of new development be served by regional wet detention
ponds.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date
1995-04
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