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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-5-183. Plan for emergency provision of water.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-5-183. Plan for emergency provision of water.

The director shall develop an adequate plan for the provision of safe drinking water under emergency circumstances. When, in the judgment of the director, emergency circumstances exist in the state with respect to a need for safe drinking water, he may take such actions as he may deem necessary in order to provide such water where it otherwise would not be available.

## History

Ga. L. 1977, p. 351, § 12.