State Strategies for Water Conservation

Proceedings of the 2001 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 26 and 27, 2001, Athens, Georgia.Water conservation must become an integral part of water management planning, especially in a state such as Georgia, where rapidly increasing water demands exacerbate the impacts of natural drought. Although Georgia began requiring water conservation plans as a requirement of new or expanded water withdrawal permits in 1994, the state still lacks a comprehensive and aggressive water conservation policy. Many states, such as California, Colorado, Connecticut and others have enacted broad and far-reaching water conservation programs. Recommendations for Georgia's programs, focusing on urban water use, are made based on effective programs from other states.Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 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. 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, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Georgia Water Research Institute as authorized by the Water Resources Research Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397) or the other conference sponsors