The purpose of this Chapter is to establish procedures to be followed to obtain a permit to withdraw, obtain or utilize ground water and for the submission of information concerning the amount of ground water withdrawal, its intended use, and the proposed aquifer or aquifers of withdrawal to the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources (hereinafter the Division). It is also intended to outline the procedures of the Division in the granting, denial, revocation, modification and granting with conditions of permits to withdrawal ground water. These regulations also provide for the gathering of information on the geologic and hydrologic character of the rock at and below the surface of the earth, well data, ground water levels and related material. The Regulations include implementation of water conservation in conjunction with the withdrawal of ground water.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 391-3-2-.01
O.C.G.A. Sec. 12-5-91.