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Joint committee hears EPD overview of regional water planning, energy-water issues and local permit questions
Summary
At a joint session Oct. 27, Georgia EPD and water-sector partners briefed House Natural Resources & Environment and Resource Management committee members on regional water planning, permitting basics and emerging energy–water challenges.
At a joint session on Oct. 27, Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) staff and water-sector partners briefed the House Natural Resources & Environment Committee and the Resource Management Committee on regional water planning, permit programs and the intersections between water and energy demand.
Anya Tversnaysky, chief of EPD’s Watershed Protection Branch, outlined the two permitting programs central to regional planning: wastewater discharge permits (which govern return flows to surface waters) and water-withdrawal permits (required for any withdrawal over 100,000 gallons per day). “For any withdrawal over a hundred thousand gallons per day from either surface water or ground water, you need to have a permit from EPD,” she said, and she described how regional plans assess resources, forecast demand and recommend best management practices on roughly five-year cycles.
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