Ichaway-Nochaway
USGS Cataloging Unit
Code: 03130009
Encompassing River Basin: Flint
(Map by Environmental
Protection Agency)
Located in southwest
Georgia, the Ichaway-Nochaway
watershed encompasses segments of 11 Georgia
counties. Like the majority of southwest Georgia,
the counties making up the Ichaway-Nochaway watershed have a vast agricultural
sector. The largest city positioned inside the Ichaway-Nochaway watershed is Dawson.
Currently, there are 624 groundwater permits issued for agricultural use in the
Ichaway-Nochaway watershed. In aggregate, these permits allow groundwater to be
pumped at a rate of 463,295 gallons per minute. Similarly, 461 agricultural surface
water permits are dispersed throughout the watershed. In total, these permits
allow surface water to be pumped at a rate of 571,320 gallons per minute. Together, agricultural groundwater and
surface water permits in the Ichaway-Nochaway watershed authorize total freshwater withdrawals at a rate of 1,034,615
gallons per minute. This figure ranks 7th 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)