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Water resources and use in the Coastal Georgia Planning Region:

Historical rainfall summarized for this region.
USGS Water Use for this region.
Streams flowing in the WPR's watersheds Flow and runoff: Reservoirs, lakes, ponds, swamps and marshes:
  • Large man-made reservoirs and their dam operators.
  • Waterbodies mapped by GaDOT (by county)
  • Small man-made water bodies including farm and landscape ponds (by county)
  • Natural lakes, marshes, swamps, cypress ponds and wetlands (by county)
Groundwater bodies underlying the region with general direction of inflow and outflow:
  • Partial inventory of wells tapping the aquifers
Major water users in the planning region
  • Natural use by forests and rainfed crops and pastures
  • Permitted withdrawals for municipial and industrial users
  • Permitted discharges into surface and groundwaters of the region
  • Golf and managed park lands
  • Individual commercial and homeowner wells

Agriculture Water Demand Through 2050

CES Irrigation Surveys
  • Statewide summaries: 1970 to 2008
  • Region irrigated area for major crops 2000 - 2008,
  • Region number of systems by water application method 2000 - 2008
  • Region number of systems by pump power source
  • Region number of systems by water source and application method 2000 - 2008
  • Statewide typical irrigation amounts by crop 2000 - 2008


Agricultural withdrawal permits in the region (including currently inactive sites)
  • Groundwater; surface withdrawals; combined withdrawals
  • Irrigated fields and wetted area (2002 - 2008)


Typical agricultural water use
  • Ag Water Pumping Study 1999 - 2004
  • List of crops in irrigated fields observed in the planning region
  • Monthly water use (inches applied) ranges for major crops
  • Withdrawals from stream sources of the region
  • Withdrawals from groundwater sources
  • Annual withdrawals by watershed