Upper
Ochlockonee
USGS Cataloging Unit
Code: 03120002
Encompassing River Basin: Ochlockonee
(Map by Environmental
Protection Agency)
Located in southwest
Georgia, the Upper
Ochlockonee watershed encompasses segments of 5 Georgia
counties. Like the majority of southwest Georgia,
the counties making up the Upper Ochlockonee watershed
have a vast agricultural sector. The largest city positioned inside the Upper
Ochlockonee watershed is Cairo.
Currently, there are 171 groundwater permits issued for agricultural use in the
watershed. In aggregate, these permits allow groundwater to be pumped at a rate
of 86,769 gallons per minute. Similarly, 527 surface water permits are
dispersed throughout the watershed. In total, these permits allow surface water
to be pumped at a rate of 495,650 gallons per minute. Together, agricultural groundwater and
surface water permits in the Upper Ochlockonee watershed authorize total freshwater
withdrawals at a rate of 582,419 gallons per minute. This figure ranks 11th
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)