Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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.

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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.

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

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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