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Georgia has abundant water resources. Among the total water resources of 63 billion m 3 /year (long-term average) only 1.6 billion m 3 /year or about 2% are being abstracted. About two thirds of the abstracted water is used for irrigated agriculture, and the other third for municipal and industrial uses.
Tri-state water dispute. Chattahoochee River in Norcross, Georgia, downstream from Lake Lanier and Buford Dam. The tri-state water dispute is a 21st-century water-use conflict among the U.S. states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida over flows in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin.
Water supply. A girl collects clean water from a communal water supply in Kawempe, Uganda. Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes. Public water supply systems are crucial to properly functioning societies.
The Tennessee–Georgia water dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute between the U.S. States of Tennessee and Georgia about whether or not the border between the two states should have been located farther north, allowing a small portion of the Tennessee River to be located in Georgia. The dispute has existed since the 19th century, but was ...
For the US state, see Category:Reservoirs in Georgia (U.S. state). Note: This category page should be empty. All entries should be recategorized under one of the above categories or an appropriate subcategory.
Lake Lanier (officially Lake Sidney Lanier) is a reservoir in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in 1956, and is also fed by the waters of the Chestatee River. The lake encompasses 38,000 acres (15,000 ha) or 59 sq mi (150 km 2) of water, and 692 mi (1,114 ...
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Basin countries. United States. Surface area. 305 acres (1.23 km 2) 0.4765 square miles. The Richland Creek Reservoir (RCR) is a reservoir in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. It will be primarily fed by a raw water pipeline from the Etowah River. [1] The project is slated to be complete by 2019.