Major Components of Regional Plans - Water Resource Assessments

Second building block of sustainable management: Evaluation of the resource and its capacity to meet projected demand

Groundwater: estimated range of SY for groundwater sources

Surface Water: capacity of surface water resources to 1) meet water supply needs for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and thermoelectric power use; 2) flow available to assimilate projected wastewater

Water Quality: capacity of Georgia’s surface waters to accommodate pollutants without unacceptable degradation of water quality, i.e., without exceeding state water quality standards or harming aquatic life. Example: Dissolved Oxygen.

The assessment also looks at capacity to meet Demand for assimilation of treated wastewater. These are modeled assessments that are evaluated for current and future conditions to identify any shortfalls.