Cumberland-St. Simons

 

USGS Cataloging Unit Code: 03070203

Encompassing River Basin: Satilla

 

(Map by Environmental Protection Agency)

 

 

Located in southeast Georgia, the Cumberland-St. Simons watershed encompasses segments of 5 Georgia counties. The largest city positioned inside the Cumberland-St. Simons watershed is Brunswick. Currently, there is 1 groundwater permit issued for agricultural use in the Cumberland-St. Simons watershed. This permit allows groundwater to be pumped at a rate of 160 gallons per minute. Similarly, 1 surface water permit is issued in the watershed. This permit allows surface water to be pumped at a rate of 1,000 gallons per minute. Together, agricultural groundwater and surface water permits in the Cumberland-St. Simons watershed authorize total freshwater withdrawals at a rate of 1,160 gallons per minute. This figure ranks 50th highest out of the 51 watersheds for which data was available at the time of this study. For information regarding the percentages for which this watershed’s agricultural water permits are either over or under allocated, click here.

 

 

DATA TABLES:

Agriculture Groundwater Permits

Agriculture Surface Water Permits

Agriculture Groundwater + Surface Water Permits

Agriculture Groundwater Permitted Withdrawals in Gallons per Minute

Agriculture Surface Water Permitted Withdrawals in Gallons per Minute

Agriculture Groundwater + Surface Water Permitted Withdrawals in Gallons per Minute

Distribution of Agriculture Water Permits and Permitted Withdrawals (By County)

 

DATA CHARTS:

Agriculture Water Permits

Agriculture Permitted Withdrawals

Distribution of Agriculture Groundwater Permits and Permitted Withdrawals (By County)

Distribution of Agriculture Surface Water Permits and Permitted Withdrawals (By County)

Distribution of Agriculture Groundwater + Surface Water Permits and Permitted Withdrawals (By County)