The Local Comprehensive Water Supply Management Plan Development Process: A Review of Bulloch, Liberty and McIntosh Counties

Proceedings of the 1999 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 30 and 31, Athens, Georgia.The Georgia EnvironmentalProtection Division (EPD) requires 24 counties in Southeast Georgia to develop comprehensive water supply management plans by January l, 2001, that address past, present, and future water demand, water supply options, and wastewater treatment. This plan requirement is part of a regional effort to stop salt water intrusion in certain portions of the Upper Floridan Aquifer and reduce withdrawals from this threatened groundwater source. The Coastal Georgia Regional Development Center is assisting Bulloch, Liberty, and Mcintosh Counties with the preparation of these plans. Emphasis is placed on including significant public participation in the plan development process, as well as outlining the steps of the process to ensure that each required element of the plan is addressed and the plan is completed in a timely manner. The Board of Commissioners in each of these counties appointed an advisoiy committee and technical committee comprising diverse community interests to guide the preparation of the plan, and three public meetings during the course of the plan development process are scheduled in each of these counties.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 30602-2202 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of Interior, geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Insttitute as authorized by the 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