Georgia's Water Conservation Links

Georgia Links

• Association of County Commissioners of Georgia – Water Conservation Toolkit for local Governments

• Coastal Georgia Water & Wastewater Permitting Plan for Managing Salt Water Intrusion

• Flint River Basin Water Development and Conservation Plan

• Georgia Comprehensive Statewide Water Management Planning
• Minimizing water withdrawal – Facts and discussion material to be considered for statewide water management plan
• Water Conservation, Efficiency and Reuse – A report to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government

• Georgia Conservancy
• How YOU can Conserve Georgia’s Most Precious Resource
• Critical Components of Conservation Programs that Get Results: A National Analysis
  
  
• Georgia Department of Community Affairs
• Every Drop Counts Brochure
• Water Conservation Toolkit for Local Governments
  
  
• Georgia Drought Watch
  
  
• Georgia Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
• List of publications on efficiency
• Water efficiency at Home
• Water Use it Wisely – Georgia Brochure
• Water Efficiency Services

• Georgia WaterWise Council Web Site – Visit this new and improved website for a variety of topics, helpful brochures and presentations regarding water conservation in Georgia.

• Georgia Water Resources Institute – The GWRI mission is to help improve water resources management in Georgia, the US, and the world through innovative new research, education, technology transfer, and information dissemination .

• Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission - SWCC provides incentive programs to help agricultural water users conserve the use of Georgia's ground water and surface water.

• Golf Course Water Use
  • Best Management Practices for Golf Courses
  • Memorandum of Agreement between GGCSA and EPD (link to PDF file…)

• Plumbing and Mechanical Association of Georgia
  
  
• Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District
  
  
• University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
  
  
  • National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory
    
  • C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park
    
  • College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences - Georgia Drought Page
    
  • Cooperative Extension Service
    
    
• Walter Reeves Gardening in Georgia – Rain barrels for catching rain water
  
  
• waterSmart

• Water Use It Wisely – Water Wise Landscaping and Watering Guide

National Links 

• Alliance for Water Efficiency Web Site –Visit this newly created site for a clearinghouse of information related to the latest information on conservation and efficiency, innovative research efforts and partnerships, new technologies and products, and exciting conservation training workshops and conferences being held all over the country.

• American Water Works Association
• Water Conservation Programs - A Planning Manual M52
• WaterWiser – A Water Efficiency Clearinghouse
• Consumer Information about your Tap Water and how to conserve it

• Handbook of Water Use and Conservation by Amy Vickers

• Irrigation Association

• Master Gardeners – Rain barrels in Gardens

• Sourcebook for Green and Sustainable Building – Guide to Efficient Irrigation

• Southwest Florida Water Management District – How to Install a Rain Barrel

• Rain Harvest Company – How rain harvesting works
  
  
• US Army Corps of Engineers
  
  
  • Click here for information regarding inflows to federally managed reservoirs in the state, inflows and management plans for the Alabama, Coosa, and Tallapoosa (ACT) River Basin and the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint (ACF) River Basins.
    
    
  • Click here for information regarding inflows to the federally managed reservoirs.
    
    
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• GreenScaping
• High Efficiency Toilets (HET)
• Cases in Conservation: How Efficiency Programs Help Water Utilities Save Water and Avoid Costs
• Water-Efficient Landscaping: Preventing Pollution and Using Resources Wisely
• Water Conservation Plan Guidelines (1998)
• WaterSense: Efficiency Made Easy
• Using Water Wisely in the Home (2002)

• United States Geologic Survey
  • Water use in Georgia by county for 2000 and Water-Use trends for 1980-2000
  • Georgia Drought Watch
    
    

• Water Use it Wisely
• New Efficient Technologies
• Low Water Use Plants for the Southeast
• Reduce Water On The Landscape

• Recommended reading list for conservation oriented efforts