Water Supply Planning as a Growth Management Tool in Coastal Georgia

Proceedings of the 1999 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 30 and 31, Athens, Georgia.As saltwater intrusion caused by over pumping continues to threaten the long-term availability of the Upper Floridan aquifer system as the primacy source of water for domestic and industrial purposes in Coastal Georgia, water supply planning will likely be a growth management tool employed in the region. Availability of adequate water supply to meet future population and economic demand in Coastal Georgia will play a major role in dictating the amount of growth and type that can be expected to occur. Water supply considerations can also be a driving force behind creating more environmentally-friendly communities with the employment of sustainable site design practices and water conservation measures.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