Spring
USGS Cataloging Unit
Code: 03130010
Encompassing River Basin: Flint
(Map by Environmental
Protection Agency)
Located in southwest
Georgia, the Spring
watershed encompasses segments of 6 Georgia
counties. Like the majority of southwest Georgia,
the counties making up the Spring watershed have a vast agricultural sector. The
largest city positioned inside the Spring watershed is Blakely. Currently,
there are 1,253 groundwater permits issued for agricultural use in the
watershed. In aggregate, these permits allow groundwater to be pumped at a rate
of 1,133,237 gallons per minute. Similarly, 114 surface water permits are
dispersed throughout the watershed. In total, these permits allow surface water
to be pumped at a rate of 118,230 gallons per minute. Together, agricultural groundwater and
surface water permits in the Spring watershed authorize total freshwater withdrawals at a rate of 1,251,467
gallons per minute. This figure ranks 3rd 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)