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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1 To amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, 2 relating to general provisions relative to water resources, so as to exempt water withdrawals 3 from a certain portion of the Tennessee River basin from restrictions on interbasin transfers 4 of water; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 6 SECTION 1. 7 Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to 8 general provisions relative to water resources, is amended by adding a new Code section to 9 read as follows: 10 "12-5-10. 11 The withdrawal of surface water from any point within that portion of the Tennessee River 12 basin lying in the Chickamauga Valley and Lookout Mountain physiographic districts in 13 this state followed by use or return of some or all of that water to a different river basin in 14 this state shall be exempt from any restriction on interbasin transfers of water provided by 15 or pursuant to any provision of this chapter." 16 SECTION 2. 17 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
SR 228 urges a feasibility study of the withdrawal, storage, and distribution of 2 waters from a certain portion of the Tennessee River basin http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en- ... tion=33040 11 LC 25 5819 S. R. 228 - 1 - Senate Resolution 228 By: Senators Mullis of the 53rd, Bethel of the 54th, Gooch of the 51st, Loudermilk of the 52nd and Rogers of the 21st A RESOLUTION 1 Urging the performance of a feasibility study of the withdrawal, storage, and distribution of 2 waters from a certain portion of the Tennessee River basin; and for other purposes. 3 WHEREAS, the need to develop alternative sources of water supply and storage for much 4 of Georgia is an issue of considerable urgency, particularly in light of a decision by the 5 United States District Court entered in 2009 which found that communities in Georgia now 6 dependent on the waters of Lake Lanier for water supply may no longer depend on that 7 supply after 2012, absent a settlement among the States of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida; 8 and 9 WHEREAS, Lookout Creek in Dade County, Chattanooga Creek in Walker County, and 10 West Chickamauga and South Chickamauga Creeks in Catoosa County have, by some 11 estimates, combined flows of at least 130 million gallons per day during eight months of the 12 year and at least 80 million gallons per day during four months of the year, all of which flow 13 northward into the Tennessee River; and 14 WHEREAS, there also exist abandoned rock quarries in north Georgia that can and do fill 15 with very large volumes of water, including one in Walker County that is reported to have 16 a water storage capacity of at least 3 billion gallons (9,207 acre-feet) of water; and 17 WHEREAS, the right of way of a railroad, owned by the State of Georgia, passes through 18 the property on which the Walker County quarry described above is located and runs 19 southward to the vicinity of Rome; and 20 WHEREAS, it may be possible to withdraw water from such north-flowing tributaries which 21 might otherwise go unused in this state, pump the water into such an abandoned quarry for 22 storage, and distribute water from such storage by means of a pipeline to be laid on the 23 railroad right of way and thence to areas of this state in need of additional water supplies.11 LC 25 5819 S. R. 228 - 2 - 24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body 25 urge the Department of Natural Resources, the Water Supply Division of the Georgia 26 Environmental Finance Authority, and private enterprises to study the feasibility of surface 27 water withdrawal, storage, and distribution as described in this resolution. 28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed 29 to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the commissioner of natural resources and 30 the director of the Water Supply Division of the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority.
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