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9/9/2024
WT Staff
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September 9, 2024 1007 am EDT
Below normal streamflows statewide, drought taking on more ground
Streamflow Situation from the network of USGS streamflow gauges in Georgia
Below normal streamflows continue to dominate the current streamflow map, the calculated 7-day averages casting drought ratings to a larger area of Georgia by Monday. Upper Chattahoochee River watershed Union to Fulton County has acquired a below normal rating overnight, in step with the majority of north Georgia. Exceptions to drought include northwest Tennessee River watershed west section through Dade, Walker and Catoosa Counties along with Coosa River's Whitfield, Murray, north Floyd and west Gordon Counties, as yet drought-free. In the Gulf of Mexico drainage area, drought clings on the entire Flint River watershed with an exception in the Lower Chattahoochee River watershed, drought-free from Muscogee to Early County. On the Atlantic side of the drainage divide, Savannah and Ogeechee River watersheds are mostly drought free with Rabun County in the northeast is a notable exception, rated moderate drought. A section of middle Savannah is rated below normal from Lincoln to Columbia County.
Safe Drinking Water Advisories
Elbert County: The neighborhood of Oglesby was subject to a Boil Water order issued Friday following emergency water-main and valve replacement on the 700 block of North Columbia. Customers on North Columbia and Fitzgerald were impacted. Elberton Water serves 7800 residents from a surface water source, intakes in Beaverdam Creek and Lake Russell.
Source water protection Spills of toxic materials have the potential to endanger public health and contaminate groundwater, surface water, and soils, even in very small amounts. Hazardous materials spills are tagged on the map to the right in pink. Turn on the watershed layer with labels and directional arrows enabled to understand the potential impact zone of spill incidents. Drinking water advisories within the same impact zone are tagged in yellow, or red for do not consume. Black tags indicate flooding, think of floodwater mobilizing contaminants through the drainage area or impact zone.
Drinking water facilities are profiled in the SDWA Act column, see drinking water facility profiles with source water details here, and the US EPA compliance stats for Georgia's drinking water facilities and those with significant Safe Drinking Water Act violations, here.
When discharge permits are not followed, whether intentionally or accidentally, the US EPA can step into an enforcement role to assist the State. See an example of a paint company convicted for dumping hazardous materials, here.
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