March
21st Community Meeting Reached More People
The second in a series of Community Meetings for
the Northeast Georgia Source Water Assessment
Plan (SWAP) was held on March 21, 2002, from 7:00
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Oconee County Civic Center.
The purpose of the meeting was to provide the
public with background information on what a SWAP
is, the steps involved, and the status of the
susceptibility analysis for the SWAP currently
being conducted in Northeast Georgia. Interested
citizens, environmental groups, media representatives,
and utility and community representatives from
cities participating in the study were in attendance.
The meeting provided an overview presentation
and a lively question and answer session, which
was followed by an opportunity for the public
to learn about the specific susceptibility analysis
being conducted within their particular community.
Data presented on each of the water supply systems
represented by the Northeast Georgia SWAP included
a list of potential pollution sources along with
information ranking their susceptibility of polluting
or impacting the water supply intake, as well
as an overall matrix summarizing the susceptibility
table for each drinking water supply.
Second Round of Task Force and Stakeholder Meetings
Help Finalize SWAP Project
The second round of task force and stakeholder
meetings for the Northeast Georgia Source Water
Assessment Plan (SWAP) was held from March 6 -
7, 2002, throughout Northeast Georgia. The purpose
of the meetings was to update communities on the
status of the SWAP since the last set of meetings,
and provide information on the susceptibility
analysis for each water supply intake.
The
meetings focused on reviewing the draft susceptibility
tables that had been developed and receiving
input on these. These tables listed the potential
pollution sources for each intake and summarized
the information that was used to rank each source's
susceptibility of polluting or impacting the
water supply. In addition, the ranking given
to the non-point sources of pollution (run-off
urban, agricultural, forestry, and non-sewered
areas) was also reviewed by the task force members
and stakeholders.
The table below summarizes the meetings held
and the public entities that were represented
| March
6 , 2002 |
Entities
Represented |
Attendance
|
Greensboro/Union
Point/Crawford |
City
of Greensboro, City of Union Point, Greene
County Environmental Health and Safety,
Greene County Board of Commissioners, Greene
County Code Enforcement, EPD Source Water
Assessment Group |
6
|
| Madison/Monroe/
Monticello |
City
of Rutledge, Morgan County Board of Commissioners,
Morgan County Planning Department, Morgan
County Building and Zoning Department, National
Resource Conservation Society (NRCS), private
citizens |
7
|
| March
7, 2002 |
|
|
| Upper
Oconee Basin |
City
of Winder, Barrow County Planning and Development,
Oconee County Public Works, National Resource
Conservation Society (NRCS), City of Jefferson
Water Department |
5
|
| Elberton |
City
of Elberton City Managers Office, City of
Elberton Water Department |
4
|
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Summary
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