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Practicable Alternatives Analysis Regarding Construction of Water Supply Reservoirs
Practicable Alternatives Analysis Regarding Construction of Water Supply Reservoirs
Author(s)
Fetter, Patrick J.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
Local authorities, anxious to plan for projected water supply needs, have often relied on the construction of reservoirs on aquatic sites. Because reservoir construction
on a watercourse requires the movement and placement of earth in and around the stream, a thorough "practicable alternatives" analysis under the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act is required before the Army Corps of Engineers will issue a § 404 permit for the discharge of dredge or fill material into streams and adjacent wetlands.
Failure to broadly review alternative water supplies can result in denial of an application for a § 404 permit.
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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 Issued
1993-04
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