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Statewide Water Planning: The Georgia Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

Jeffrey D. Mullen
Jeffrey D. Mullen*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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Abstract

Several states in the southeast have acknowledged the need for statewide water planning but have yet to act. In contrast, Georgia is on the cusp of completing the Georgia Comprehensive Statewide Water Management Plan (SWMP). The SWMP provides for resource assessments, forecasts, and regional water planning. Over the past three years, an extensive effort has been made to implement the SWMP. This article describes the planning process undertaken in Georgia. Several of the recommended practices are also highlighted and critiqued with respect to their potential to affect aggregate water use in the state.

Keywords

residential water usewater managementwater planningirrigationQ25Q28R58
Type
Invited Paper Sessions
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , August 2011 , pp. 357 - 366
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2011

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