Lower
Ogeechee
USGS Cataloging Unit
Code: 03060202
Encompassing River Basin: Ogeechee
(Map by Environmental
Protection Agency)
Located in southeast
Georgia, the Lower Ogeechee watershed encompasses
segments of 7 Georgia
counties. The largest city positioned inside the Lower Ogeechee watershed is Statesboro.
Currently, there are 165 groundwater permits issued for agricultural use in the
Lower Ogeechee
watershed. In aggregate, these permits allow groundwater to be pumped at a rate
of 77,057 gallons per minute. Similarly, 236 surface water permits are
dispersed throughout the watershed. In total, these permits allow surface water
to be pumped at a rate of 206,570 gallons per minute. Together, agricultural groundwater and
surface water permits in the Lower
Ogeechee watershed
authorize total freshwater withdrawals at a rate of 283,627 gallons per minute.
This figure ranks 17th 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)