Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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Current state law prohibits the interbasin transfer (IBT) of water from a basin outside the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District to within. SB 374 overrides this, allowing surface water withdrawal from the Tennessee River Basin (in Chickamauga Valley & Lookout Mtn.) to be exempt from that restriction. It also does away with other IBT regulations in Georgia as far as withdrawal from the Tennessee River Basin is concerned. |