Status of the Flint River Regional Water Development and Conservation Plan

McDowell, Robin John

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Status of the Flint River Regional Water Development and Conservation Plan

dc.contributor.author	McDowell, Robin John
dc.contributor.corporatename	Georgia. Environmental Protection Division. Office of Water Planning	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Hatcher, Kathryn J.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2013-05-28T20:22:12Z
dc.date.available	2013-05-28T20:22:12Z
dc.date.issued	2005-04
dc.description.abstract	The Flint River Regional Water Development and Conservation Plan (the Plan) was initiated by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) in October 1999 in response to growing concern over agricultural irrigation in southwest Georgia. Computer models of stream-aquifer relations and surface water flows indicated that, under conditions of extreme drought and greatly increased irrigation the Flint River and some of its tributaries could either stop flowing or become influent. The Plan included a moratorium on the issuance of new farm use permits form the Floridan aquifer in southwest Georgia; however, the Plan also called for extensive scientific study of stream-aquifer relations and agricultural water use, and the creation of an Advisory Committee to assist EPD in crafting the Plan. These efforts are all nearing completion, and will result in a resource management plan strongly founded in cutting-edge science and extensive stakeholder participation.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Sponsored by: Georgia Environmental Protection Division U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Water Science Center U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Water Resources Institute The University of Georgia, Water Resources Faculty	en_US
dc.embargo.terms	null	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47083
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Georgia Institute of Technology	en_US
dc.publisher.original	Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	GWRI2005. State water plan and policy	en_US
dc.subject	Water resources management	en_US
dc.subject	Agricultural irrigation	en_US
dc.subject	Surface water flow	en_US
dc.title	Status of the Flint River Regional Water Development and Conservation Plan	en_US
dc.type	Text
dc.type.genre	Proceedings
dspace.entity.type	Publication
local.contributor.corporatename	Georgia Water Resources Institute
local.contributor.corporatename	School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename	College of Engineering
local.relation.ispartofseries	Georgia Water Resources Conference
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