Lower
Chattahoochee
USGS Cataloging Unit
Code: 03130004
Encompassing River Basin: Chattahoochee
(Map by Environmental
Protection Agency)
Located on the
Georgia-Florida-Alabama state line, the Lower Chattahoochee
watershed encompasses segments of 6 Georgia
counties. Currently, there are 326 groundwater permits issued for agricultural
use in the Georgia
portion of the Lower Chattahoochee watershed. In
aggregate, these permits allow groundwater to be pumped at a rate of 288,805
gallons per minute. Similarly, 126 surface water permits are dispersed
throughout the watershed. In total, these permits allow surface water to be
pumped at a rate of 129,450 gallons per minute. Together, agricultural groundwater and
surface water permits in the Lower Chattahoochee watershed authorize total freshwater
withdrawals at a rate of 418,255 gallons per minute. This figure ranks 13th
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)