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The Comprehensive State-wide Water Management Planning Act does
not define the mechanisms by which the state is to achieve its
vision for water management. For this reason EPD, using products
from the efforts of the 2001 Joint Water Study Committee and with
oversight of the Water Council, has prioritized four major water
management objectives to guide the research and planning strategies
for the initial plan development:
- of
water by increasing conservation, reuse, and efficiency
- to the basin through managing interbasin
transfers and uses of on-site sewage disposal systems, and
land application of treated wastewater where water quantity
is limited;
- for water through surface
storage, aquifer management and reducing water demands; and
- by reducing discharges of pollutants to streams
and runoff from land, so as not to exceed the assimilative
capacity of the streams
The timeline
chart shows the tasks, milestones and advisory periods for
the first four water management objectives and sub-state planning. Click
here to download a printable copy of this timeline chart.
The initial state-wide plan will focus on policy framework and
the tools necessary for building the region-specific water management
strategies for subsequent editions of the plan. The first
plan will not include the actual development of those region-specific
strategies. The initial plan also will identify and fill
the "gaps" that may exist in Georgia’s current
water laws, regulations, and policies to help reach the four water
management objectives. |
