Water

Water is becoming a critical natural resource in Georgia.

Water is not an inexhaustible resource, particularly in Georgia where the supply is dependent on many factors, many of which are beyond state and local control. The state’s water supply is directly tied to population, economic, industrial, and agricultural use and growth. In addition, it is associated with climatic conditions, water conservation, judicial and legislative review, pollution, and advances in technology which permit the cost efficient recovery of previously unusable water for safe consumption.

Profiling Georgia’s water use is a complex task because of the universal need and extensive use of this resource. Documenting the state’s total water consumption is beyond the nature and scope of this web-page, however the relationship associated with water use and Georgia’s population growth is examined in the graphs below.
(Graph – Public Daily Water Use)
(Graph – Daily Water Use)
(Graph – Population Served)

Related UGA Research, Outreach, and Teaching

Outreach

• Statewide Water Management - Senate Resolution 142
• Statewide Water Management - Fanning Institute
• Certificate of Public Works Management Program
• Project Riverway at UGA’s Fanning Institute

Research

This section is under construction.

Teaching

This section is under construction.

Other Resources

• University of Georgia’s River Basin Science and Policy Center
• UGA’s River Basin Science and Policy Center has a wide range of publications organized by Title, or Subject, or Author at http://www.rivercenter.uga.edu/publications.htm
• UGA’s Academy of the Environment – Water