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2022 Georgia Code
Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources
Chapter 5 - Water Resources
Article 3 - Wells and Drinking Water
Part 2 - Ground-Water Use Generally
§ 12-5-91. Declaration of Policy

Universal Citation:
GA Code § 12-5-91 (2022)
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The general welfare and public interest require that the water resources of the state be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent to which they are capable, subject to reasonable regulation in order to conserve these resources and to provide and maintain conditions which are conducive to the development and use of water resources.

History. Ga. L. 1972, p. 976, § 2.

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For annual survey of local government law, see 58 Mercer L. Rev. 267 (2006).

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