Middle Flint
USGS Cataloging Unit
Code: 03130006
Encompassing River Basin: Flint
(Map by Environmental
Protection Agency)
Located in southwest
Georgia, the Middle
Flint watershed encompasses segments of 12 Georgia
counties. Like the majority of southwest Georgia,
the counties making up the Middle Flint watershed have a vast agricultural
sector. The largest city positioned inside the Middle Flint watershed is Cordele.
Currently, there are 663 groundwater permits issued for agricultural use in the
watershed. In aggregate, these permits allow groundwater to be pumped at a rate
of 484,588 gallons per minute. Similarly, 401 surface water permits are
dispersed throughout the Middle Flint. In total, these permits allow surface
water to be pumped at a rate of 452,276 gallons per minute. Together, agricultural groundwater and
surface water permits in the Middle Flint watershed authorize total freshwater withdrawals at a rate of 936,864 gallons
per minute. This figure ranks 8th 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)