Whose Water Is It Anyway? A Survey of Georgia Law on Surface Water and Groundwater Withdrawal Rights

Proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 20-22, 1997, Athens, Georgia.The era of apparently abundant water resources in Georgia is over as increasing population places increasing demands on such resources. As overall demand exceeds available supply, conflicts are emerging between competing uses. The competing uses involve domestic, governmental, commercial, agricultural, industrial, electrical, navigational, and natural demands, among others. This paper discusses many of the legal issues which are and will be presented by these competing demands and discusses the legal and regulatory framework and criteria which govern the allocation of Georgia's water resources.Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of TechnologyThis book was published by the Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of Interior, Geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Institutes Authorization Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397). 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 or the U.S. Geological Survey or the conference sponsors