Water: Essential for Agriculture

Proceedings of the 1989 Georgia Water Resources Conference, May 16-17, 1989, Athens, Georgia.The water supply in Georgia has been taken for granted since early times. With an average rainfall of over 50.inches annually, many large and small fresh water lakes, thousands of rivers and streams, and possibly the largest underground aquifer in the world, most Georgians have not seriously thought of the possibility that some day we could have a water shortage. The droughts of 1986 and 1988 made all Georgians keenly aware that what once seemed to be an abundant supply of water is indeed a precious, limited resource. But quantity is only one aspect of the issue, quality is also very important. Agricultural water users are concerned with both of these matters when it comes to water.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