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Georgia State Drought Programs

Program Title: Water Withdrawal Permitting

Function: Mitigation, Planning

Program Assistance or Functional Assistance: Preparation of a drought management plan is required as a condition of water withdrawal permit issuance.

Statute or Authority: Georgia Water Quality Control Act

Agencies (primary agency listed first): Georgia Environmental Protection Division; Water Resources Branch

Customers Served: Persons served by public water systems

Triggering Event or Circumstance-How does this program relate to drought? Application for permit for water withdrawal

Unmet Needs at federal, state, local and tribal levels. Includes changes from customer or "provider" perspective: No data

Program Limitations: Local governments define condition under which local governments will trigger drought management plans.

Contact Name and Phone Number: Napoleon Caldwell, Georgia EPD
(404) 656-3094

Georgia State Drought Programs

Program Title: Drinking Water Permitting Program

Function: Mitigation, Response

Program Assistance or Functional Assistance: Georgia EPD Director has authority to issue directive requiring reductions in water use/permitted withdrawals.

Statute or Authority: Georgia Water Quality Control Act; GA Ground Water Use Act

Agencies (primary agency listed first): Georgia Environmental Protection Division

Customers Served: Persons served by public water systems

Triggering Event or Circumstance-How does this program relate to drought? No data

Unmet Needs at federal, state, local and tribal levels. Includes changes from customer or "provider" perspective: No data

Program Limitations: No data

Contact Name and Phone Number: Nolton Johnson Water Resources Branch
(404) 651-5168

Georgia State Drought Programs

Program Title: Water Resources Management Program

Function: Mitigation, Response

Program Assistance or Functional Assistance: Statute assigns first priority to availability of water for human consumption; second to agriculture.

Statute or Authority: Georgia Ground Water Use Act

Agencies (primary agency listed first): Georgia Environmental Protection Division

Customers Served: Persons served by public water systems

Triggering Event or Circumstance-How does this program relate to drought? No data

Unmet Needs at federal, state, local and tribal levels. Includes changes from customer or "provider" perspective: No data

Program Limitations: No data

Contact Name and Phone Number: Nolton Johnson, Water Resources Branch
(404) 651-5168

Georgia State Drought Programs

Program Title: Agricultural Disaster Declaration and Damage Assessment Reports (DAR's)

Function: Response

Program Assistance or Functional Assistance: The Commissioner of Agriculture sends a letter to the Governor describing Georgia's agricultural situation and need for DAR's to determine the damage caused by drought, freezes, rain or other natural disaster. The Commissioner, in this letter, asks the Governor to contact the United States Secretary of Agriculture requesting that he direct the Georgia Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director to survey and repair DAR's. The Governor sends a copy of his request to the Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture, Georgia Farm Service Agency and Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA). When the Secretary of Agriculture declares that the affected and contiguous counties are eligible, the loan program is administered by FSA.

Statute or Authority: No data

Agencies (primary agency listed first): GA Dept. of Agriculture

Customers Served: Farmers, ranchers

Triggering Event or Circumstance-How does this program relate to drought? Minimal precipitation; low soil moisture; projected and realized crop losses and decreases in yields; animal feed and forage shortfall reports received from federal crop and weather authorities, county agents, agricultural organizations, individual farmers.

Unmet Needs at federal, state, local and tribal levels. Includes changes from customer or "provider" perspective: No data

Program Limitations: No data

Contact Name and Phone Number: Brenda James Griffin, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Public Affairs
(404) 656-3689 or 1-800-282-5852

Georgia State Drought Programs

Program Title: The Farmers and Consumer Market Bulletin

Function: Communication

Program Assistance or Functional Assistance: A weekly tabloid newspaper that provides information to farmers and consumers with over 285,000 state subscribers. Disseminates drought data, survey information and federal drought program status and availability.

Statute or Authority: No data

Agencies (primary agency listed first): No data

Customers Served: No data

Triggering Event or Circumstance-How does this program relate to drought? Minimal precipitation; low soil moisture; projected and realized crop losses and decreases in yields; animal feed and forage shortfalls reports received from federal crop and weather authorities, county agents, agricultural organizations, individual farmers.

Unmet Needs at federal, state, local and tribal levels. Includes changes from customer or "provider" perspective: No data

Program Limitations: No direct funding or staff provided for targeting and verification of data and information provided by federal and/or local governments and other sources.

Contact Name and Phone Number: No data

Georgia State Drought Programs

Program Title: GDA Press Services

Function: Communication

Program Assistance or Functional Assistance: Generates statewide media alerts and advisories that are localized; and conducts statewide surveys of agricultural industries and organizations to obtain state production data by crop, county, region.

Statute or Authority: No data

Agencies (primary agency listed first): No data

Customers Served: No data

Triggering Event or Circumstance-How does this program relate to drought? Minimal precipitation; low soil moisture; projected and realized crop losses and decreases in yields; animal feed and forage shortfalls reports received from federal crop and weather authorities, county agents, agricultural organizations, individual farmers.

Unmet Needs at federal, state, local and tribal levels. Includes changes from customer or "provider" perspective: No data

Program Limitations: No direct funding or additional staff provided for targeting and verification of data and information provided by federal and/or local governments and other sources.

Contact Name and Phone Number: No data

Georgia State Drought Programs

Program Title: GDA Farmers' Hotline

Function: Communication

Program Assistance or Functional Assistance: Utilization of the department's toll-free "Ag Consumer Line," augmented by additional intrastate and interstate telephone lines, to receive and disseminate information to individual farmers and agricultural organizations.

Statute or Authority: No data

Agencies (primary agency listed first): No data

Customers Served: No data

Triggering Event or Circumstance-How does this program relate to drought? Minimal precipitation; low soil moisture; projected and realized crop losses and decreases in yields; animal feed and forage shortfalls reports received from federal crop and weather authorities, county agents, agricultural organizations, individual farmers.

Unmet Needs at federal, state, local and tribal levels. Includes changes from customer or "provider" perspective: No data

Program Limitations: No direct funding or additional staff provided for program operation

Contact Name and Phone Number: No data

Georgia State Drought Programs

Program Title: Emergency Livestock Feeding Project

Function: Response

Program Assistance or Functional Assistance: Coordinates the distribution, transportation, and storage of hay and other animal feed donated or provided at reduced costs during drought events that limit, reduce or eliminate the capacity of state farmers to provide adequate feed for livestock. Conducts laboratory and on-site testing and inspections of agricultural commodities provided to protect and safeguard the state's livestock industries.

Statute or Authority: No data

Agencies (primary agency listed first): No data

Customers Served: No data

Triggering Event or Circumstance-How does this program relate to drought? Minimal precipitation; low soil moisture; projected and realized crop losses and decreases in yields; animal feed and forage shortfalls reports received from federal crop and weather authorities, county agents, agricultural organizations, individual farmers.

Unmet Needs at federal, state, local and tribal levels. Includes changes from customer or "provider" perspective: No data

Program Limitations: No direct funding or additional staff provided for program operation

Contact Name and Phone Number: No data