How can the comprehensive statewide water management plan ensure the protection of natural systems?
The Georgia Water Coalition proposes requiring the development of safe yields for all of Georgias water resources. Safe yield is the amount of water available for withdrawal from a stream without impairing the streams biological, chemical, and physical integrity. In other words, it leaves the stream with the water necessary to keep the ecosystem functioning as it should. River and stream habitats require different volumes of water flowing at different times of year, so that the plants and animals in the area receive the nutrients they need to survive. Some organisms also use streams to transport them to food sources and sites to reproduce. All of these natural processes are needed to maintain a healthy water supply that is readily available for people to use. Natural systems provide this social benefit to us for the low price of our simply allowing them to function.
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