The 1986 and 1988 Droughts in Georgia

Proceedings of the 1989 Georgia Water Resources Conference, May 16-17, 1989, Athens, Georgia.In making water-resources decisions, especially those related to water supply and wastewater discharge, management agencies rely heavily on low-flow data, typically the 7-day 10-year low-flow statistic. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division, and other agencies, collects and subsequently analyzes low-flow data for use by water-management agencies. The two most recent droughts of 1986 and 1988 affected much of the State, and a preliminary analysis of those droughts is presented here. Except where stated otherwise, the term "drought" refers to a hydrologic drought.Sponsored by U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, and Georgia Institute of Technology.This book was published by the Institute of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Institute as authorized by the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (P.L. 98242). 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