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2020 Georgia Code
Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources
Chapter 5 - Water Resources
Article 3 - Wells and Drinking Water
Part 2 - Ground-Water Use Generally
- § 12-5-90. Short Title
- § 12-5-91. Declaration of Policy
- § 12-5-92. Definitions
- § 12-5-93. Power of Director to Employ Personnel
- § 12-5-94. Adoption of Rules and Regulations by Board of Natural Resources
- § 12-5-95. Proposed Regulations Regarding Ground-Water Use; Hearings; Adoption and Modification of Regulations; Contesting Validity of Regulations
- § 12-5-96. Regulated Reasonable Use of Ground Water for General Use; Permits to Withdraw, Obtain, or Utilize; Coordination With Water Plans; Appeal Procedures
- § 12-5-97. Duration of Permits; Renewal; Transfer; Certified Statements by Holders; Monitoring Water Use; Granting Permit to Person Withdrawing Ground Water Prior to July 1, 1973; Prior Investments in Land and Nature of Plans for Water Use; Continued Withdrawal Pending Decision on Permit
- § 12-5-98. Investigations; Entry; Protection of Confidential Information or Trade Secrets; Refusing Entry or Access to and Interference With Authorized Representatives of Division
- § 12-5-99. Order by Director After Failure of Conference, Conciliation, or Persuasion; Hearings; Appeal
- § 12-5-100. Judgment in Accordance With Director's Order
- § 12-5-101. Injunctive Relief
- § 12-5-102. Emergency Orders; Restrictions; Hearing; Appeal; Use by Certain Entities
- § 12-5-103. Representation of Department by Attorney General
- § 12-5-104. Effect of Part on Other Laws
- § 12-5-105. Regulated Reasonable Use of Ground Water for Farm Use; Permits to Withdraw, Obtain, or Utilize; Metering; Related Procedures
- § 12-5-106. Civil Penalties; Procedure for Imposing Penalties; Hearing; Judicial Review
- § 12-5-107. Criminal Penalty
Cross references.
- Powers and duties of department pertaining to protection of underground fresh water supplies against effects of deep drilling for oil and gas, ยง 12-4-40 et seq.
Law reviews.- For article, "The Groundwater Use Act of 1972: Protection for Georgia's Groundwater Resource," see 6 Ga. L. Rev. 709 (1972). For article, "Georgia's Environmental Law: A Survey," see 23 Mercer L. Rev. 633 (1972). For article discussing regulation of selected activities to effect environmental planning, see 10 Ga. L. Rev. 53 (1975). For article discussing legal questions relating to interbasin transfer of water supply, see 13 Ga. St. B.J. 48 (1976). For article, "Hazardous Waste Issues in Real Estate Transactions," see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 581 (1987).
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