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Water supply reservoirs in Georgia: an update on Henry County’s proposed Tussahaw Creek Reservoir and the importance of thorough environmental impacts analyses
Water supply reservoirs in Georgia: an update on Henry County’s proposed Tussahaw Creek Reservoir and the importance of thorough environmental impacts analyses
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Sutherland, Ellen J.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
Due to potential and perceived water
shortages from the combination of explosive population
growth, drought, and the desire for extensive future
economic development, many local governments in
northern Georgia want to build large water supply
reservoirs by damming rivers, flooding wetlands, and
often pumping water from nearby larger rivers. The
piecemeal approach to permitting these reservoirs to
date has resulted in no comprehensive environmental
study of the direct, secondary, and cumulative impacts
of this activity. However, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers recently recognized their responsibility under
the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean
Water Act to perform this analysis and suspended the
permit that they issued to the Henry County Water &
Sewerage Authority for the proposed Tussahaw Creek
Reservoir. This action hopefully introduces a shift in
permitting behavior to comply with national
environmental laws and to better protect the public
interest.
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2003-04
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