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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Chapter 5. WATER RESOURCES · Article 3. WELLS AND DRINKING WATER · Part 6. WATER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION, REDUNDANCY, AND RELIABILITY

12-5-200. Legislative findings.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. The General Assembly finds that:

  2. (1)

    Water is an essential resource, the continued provision of which is necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of the State of Georgia; and#

  3. (2)

    It is in the best interests of the State of Georgia for public water systems in the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District to evaluate their withdrawal, treatment, and distribution systems and to take proactive measures to reduce the risk of catastrophic interruptions of water service during emergencies.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 12-5-200, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 204, § 2/SB 380.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t12-(v10)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V10, 2021 edition, page 519; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 a1ca11f804f2.