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Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Albany Water, Gas, and Light Commission City of Brunswick Glynn County City of Lawrenceville Jekyll Island Authority Liberty County Development Authority St. Johns Water Management District, Florida |
Year Started: 1938
Ground water accounts for about 22 percent of fresh-water withdrawals in Georgia-more than 1.4 billion gallons per day. More than 1.8 million people are served by ground-water supplies, and 733 million gallons per day are withdrawn for irrigation (Fanning, 2003). The distribution and quality of ground water are highly variable and directly related to geology, and natural and human stresses. Monitoring ground-water levels and ground-water quality is essential to the management and development of this resource.
The objectives of ground-water monitoring conducted by the USGS are:
Basic ground-water monitoring activities in Georgia are conducted by the Georgia Ground-Water Information and Project Support (GWIPS) Unit in cooperation with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources; the Albany Water, Gas, and Light Commission (additional information is available on the Ground-water monitoring in the Albany area page); the City of Brunswick; Glynn County; the City of Lawrenceville; the Jekyll Island Authority; and the Liberty County Development Authority. Water-level data are collected for the various aquifers in the State by a network of observation wells that includes periodic observation sites and continuously recorded observation sites (Leeth and others, 2005). Well inventory data are entered into the Ground-Water Site Inventory database. GWIPS performs database searches upon request. Borehole geophysical data are collected from available wells. Water-quality samples are taken from selected wells for analyses. Selected continuous-recorder sites have been instrumented with satellite relays for real-time transmission of water-level information.
Reference: Leeth, D.C, Clarke, J.S., Wipperfurth, C.J,, and Craigg, S.D., 2005, Ground-Water Conditions and Studies in Georgia, 2002-03: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5065.
Reference: Fanning, Julia L., 2003, Water use in Georgia by county for 2000 and water-use trends for 1980-2000: Georgia Geologic Survey Information Circular 106, 176 p.
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