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Ag Water Demand MAPPED IRRIGATED AREA |
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Baseline Irrigated Acres by Water Source
Summarized for the 11 Water Planning Regions of Georgia
| WPR | Irrigated Area Groundwater Sources * |
Irrigated Area Surface Water Sources * |
Center Pivots number ** |
| Altamaha | 83,200 | 65,300 | 2,055 |
| Coastal Georgia | 7,900 | 13,100 | 175 |
| Coosa - North Georgia | 180 | 4,970 | 63 |
| Lower Flint - Ochlockonee | 515,000 | 136,000 | 6,773 |
| Middle Chattahoochee | 15,300 | 29,800 | 521 |
| Middle Ocmulgee | 48,200 | 8,980 | 509 |
| MNGWPD | 250 | 2,990 | 63 |
| Savannah - Upper Ogeechee | 56,700 | 26,600 | 922 |
| Suwannee - Satilla | 147,000 | 99,700 | 2,918 |
| Upper Flint | 112,000 | 75,300 | 1,805 |
| Upper Oconee | 15,400 | 5,740 | 234 |
| State | 1,002,000 | 469,000 | 16,038 |
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* Multiple source systems, i.e. pond sources partially refilled from wells, were divided as 70% groundwater and 30% surface water, the average observed during 1999 to 2004 in the Ag Water Pumping project. Irrigated fields with unknown sources were divided according to the ratio of groundwater to surface water as observed in known source fields of the county. Source: Details on the mapping of irrigated field areas for the Ag Water Demand Baseline Area can be found HERE. Last Updated on 6/29/2010 by Jim Hook |