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Because of increasing demands being placed on Georgia's water resources, the comprehensive statewide water plan must address increasing efforts related to conservation, efficiency, and water reuse. These three sub-objectives are the focus of minimizing withdrawals.
Water conservation, the "beneficial reduction in water use, waste, and loss," is a broad and varied water policy area. Water efficiency, or using the least possible amount of water necessary to achieve a desired result, is generally considered an aspect of conservation.
Water reuse, or the use of reclaimed or recycled water, although specifically a water supply mechanism, is often used as one of the tools for conserving water resources.
Information discussed at the basin advisory committees
can be found on the discussion materials
page.
Additional information and fact sheets can be found at:
The University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government
produced for EPD a research document titled "Water
Conservation Efficiency and Reuse." EPD used this report along with other
reference material to develop the BAC discussion packet.
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