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American Society of Civil Engineers 2009 Assessment of Georgia’s Infrastructure

dc.contributor.author Shelton, Rebecca en_US
dc.contributor.author Macrina, JoAnn J. en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Gwinnett County (Ga.). Dept. of Water Resources en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename DeKalb County Watershed Management (Ga.) en_US
dc.contributor.editor Carroll, G. Denise en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2013-02-26T19:19:39Z
dc.date.available 2013-02-26T19:19:39Z
dc.date.issued 2011-04
dc.description Proceedings of the 2011 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 11, 12, and 13, 2011, Athens, Georgia. en_US
dc.description.abstract Maintenance and improvement of Georgia’s infrastructure is vital to our economy, safety, environment and quality of life. To help assure that this infrastructure meets the needs of the citizens of Georgia, the Georgia Section of ASCE developed the 2009 Georgia Infrastructure Report Card. It was released in January 2009. As was the case in the previous report card (2003), Georgia’s infrastructure once again received an overall grade of “C.” Eleven infrastructure categories were assessed: wastewater, drinking water, stormwater, energy, dams, school facilities, transit, bridges, airports, solid waste, and parks. This paper will focus on the condition of Georgia’s infrastructure within the following Water Resources categories: Wastewater “C” – Even though the City of Atlanta invested over $1 billion upgrading its aging sewer system since 2003, the majority of communities are consistently underfunding maintenance of their collection systems. Utility rate structures need to be adjusted to meet both capital improvement and maintenance costs. Drinking Water “C+” – While drinking water quality is good, much needs to be done to maintain the distribution system. There are also water supply concerns that were brought to the forefront during the recent drought. Reduced water revenues that resulted from required water conservation measures put the capital improvement programs of many municipalities in jeopardy. Stormwater “D+” – Some progress was made in the past five years; however, most of the progress was in planning with the development of the Georgia State-wide Water Plan and the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District’s Watershed Management Plan. Little has been implemented and most municipalities still do not have a dedicated funding source for maintenance of stormwater infrastructure. Dams “D” – As of January 2009, one-third of the highhazard dams in the state, which are dams that could cause the loss of life if they fail, were considered deficient. The Georgia Safe Dams Program was woefully underfunded and understaffed, which resulted in a dam failure analysis backlog of more than 500 dams. This is an area of critical investment need on the state level. 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.description.statementofresponsibility This book was published by Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2152. The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of The University of Georgia, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Georgia Water Research Institute as authorized by the Water Research Institutes Authorization Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-307) or the other conference sponsors. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 0-9794100-24
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/46251
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.publisher.original Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries GWRI2011. Environmental Protection en_US
dc.subject Water resources management en_US
dc.subject 2009 Georgia Infrastructure Report en_US
dc.subject Wastewater infrastructure en_US
dc.subject Drinking water infrastructure en_US
dc.subject Stormwater infrastructure en_US
dc.subject Georgia Safe Dams Program en_US
dc.title American Society of Civil Engineers 2009 Assessment of Georgia’s Infrastructure en_US
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