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Records in the Georgia Archives related to Water Resources


A search of the Georgia Archives internal database yields well over 2,000 references to water resources within our collections. References to water are scattered throughout the records but found primarily within the records of the Office of the Governor and the Department of Natural Resources.

Although the Archives cannot list every available record here, what follows is a list of the key records related to water resources. These items were selected for one or more of the following reasons:

  1. They document comprehensive or near-comprehensive studies of water resources in Georgia;
  2. They document inter-state negotiations or agreements regarding water resources;
  3. They describe the issues related to collecting, allocating, and distributing water within or across jurisdictional boundaries;

1955

Correspondence relating to the creation of the Georgia Water Law Revision Commission. Progress Report 1955, newspaper clippings, reports on legal aspects of water in Georgia. (Book) Study on Water Law. (Book) Study of Riparian and Prior Appropriation Doctrines of Water Law
(013-01-002 AGRICULTURE - COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE - COMMISSIONER'S SUBJECT FILES - 1957-1968 - Georgia Water Use and Conservation, 1955. RCB-54213, C7864)

1970s

Water Resources Council records including correspondence, annual reports, studies, President orders Federal Water Policies and cooperation between Federal and State Agencies.
(088-10-028 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION - WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - SUBJECT FILES - 1971-1981. RCB-12360, C97457, 97458, 97459)

Metropolitan Atlanta Water Resources Study
(001-01-005. GOVERNOR - EXECUTIVE DEPT. - GOVERNOR'S SUBJECT FILES - 1975 - 1983 - Gov. George D. Busbee - Notebooks, 1975 thru 1977. RCB-38201, C37568)

Map of Lake Lanier with statistical data, history of Buford dam, and data for water levels. Booklet: “Buford Dam” discussing re-regulation alternatives for water storage and flow (1977?). Large Photo of Lake Lanier.
(001-01-005 GOVERNOR - EXECUTIVE DEPT. - GOVERNOR'S SUBJECT FILES - 1975-1983 - Gov. George D. Busbee - Gov. Busbee's Work Files, 1975 thru 1982 - Metropolitan Atlanta Water Resources Study. RCB-19214, C37942)

Records of National Governors Association subcommittee studying impact of national policy on states. Includes report “Comments on National Water Policy Review by State of Georgia” October 25, 1977.
(088-01-001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION - DIRECTOR'S OFFICE - DIRECTOR'S SUBJECT FILES - 1974 -1981. RCB-18913, C86749)

Records related to Four County Water Study, 1979-1980. Includes Metropolitan Atlanta Water Resources Management Study: Water Supply Study Coweta, Fayette, Henry, and Spalding Counties Summary Report (Corps of Engineers, September 1978).
(088-01-001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION - DIRECTOR'S OFFICE - DIRECTOR'S SUBJECT FILES - 1975-1984. RCB-19088, C86855)

Corps of Engineers records including Interim Report on Metropolitan Atlanta Water Resources Study, speech by Joe Tanner at the 1978 Conference on Water Resources, and similar materials including plans for flow regulation of Chattahoochee needed to meet long range water supply needs; seeking water resource management alternatives for Lake Lanier
(088-01-001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION - DIRECTOR'S OFFICE - DIRECTOR'S SUBJECT FILES - 1967-1982 - Corps of Engineers - Water Resources Management. RCB-18910, C86694)

1980s

Final Report: Long Range Water Supply Study, Metropolitan Atlanta Area from Chattahoochee River to Atlanta, water withdraws from upstream of Lake Lanier, 1980.
(001-01-005 GOVERNOR - EXECUTIVE DEPT. - GOVERNOR'S SUBJECT FILES - 1975 - 1983 - Gov. George D. Busbee - Miscellaneous Reports, 1978 thru 1982. RCB-19267, C38330)

Subjects include Atlanta Water Resources Study - Long Range Report-Final 1980, and reports from 1981 and 1982, Executive Meeting 1980 Agenda, letters of opinion about interim water study report; summaries of public meetings, draft of Long-range Water Supply Study, recommendations on which plans to use, and 1982 Metro Atlanta Water Study, testimony by Michael Lomax before US Senate Subcommittee on Water Resources; support letters from county officials of different counties.
(088-01-001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION - DIRECTOR'S OFFICE - DIRECTOR'S SUBJECT FILES - 1980-1981. RCB-19089, C86876, 86877, 85878, 86879, 86880.)

Drought planning and management focusing on the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee and Flint (AFC) rivers including Corps of Engineers general files 1980-1981 and ACF-Memorandum of Understanding regarding Drought Management 1984-1985.
(088-10-028 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION - WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - SUBJECT FILES - 1980-1985. RCB-41269, C97228, 97702, 97707)

Correspondence from different agencies concerning water supply, water reservoirs, water storage, ideas, goals. Interstate Conference on Water Problems (ICWP). Report of the Lake Lanier Study Committee 1982. Studies on Georgia Rivers, Newsletters-Georgia Waterline, Geological Survey 1985- Water Resource Conditions.
(088-10-028 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION - WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - SUBJECT FILES - 1981-1985. RCB-31597)

Comments and input from different agencies and organizations on how water in the Three River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint) should be allocated during a drought.
(088-10-028 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION - WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - SUBJECT FILES - 1967-1983 - Corps of Engineers – General Files, 1982-1983 – Drought Planning. RCB-19091, C97227)

Corps of Engineers “Reconnaissance Report, Northeast Georgia Water Resources Manager Study, February 1983.
(088-10-028 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION - WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - SUBJECT FILES - 1980 - 1983 - Corps of Engineers - Savannah District - Corps of Engineer. RCB-19092)

1990s

Georgia-Alabama-Florida Water Dispute Agreement, 1991.
(001-01-005 GOVERNOR-EXECUTIVE DEPT. – GOVERNOR’S SUBJECT FILES, 1991-1999 – Gov. Zell Miller Subject Files, 1991-1998. RCB-45546, C38882)

Tri-State Water Agreement, 1991.
(001-01-005 GOVERNOR-EXECUTIVE DEPT. – GOVERNOR’S SUBJECT FILES, 1991-1999 – Gov. Zell Miller Subject Files – Environmental Issues, 1991. RCB-11985, C38811)

Joe Tanner files re negotiations regarding the interstate water compacts – Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River basins, 1997
(001-32-168 GOVERNOR - TRI-STATE WATER COMPACT COMMISSION - NEGOTIATION FILES, DOC-4665)

Final report of the Clean Water Initiative, November 2000; reports on water policy planning, 1999
(001-29-162 GOVERNOR - POLICY DEPT. - INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS POLICY SUBJECT FILES – 1999-2002 - Gov. Roy E. Barnes. RCB-56594)

2000s

Governor Barnes declares State of Emergency for Carroll and Chattooga counties due to drought conditions, August 2000 and in Jasper County in September 2000.
(001-01-005 GOVERNOR – EXECUTIVE DEPT. – EXECUTIVE DEPT. MINUTES - 2000 January – October – Gov. Roy E. Barnes Executive Orders. RCB-56573, C83184, C83201)

Records include a Georgia-Alabama-Florida Memo of Agreement; agenda and notes including talking points for a meeting between Governors Perdue, Riley, and Bush, April 13, 2003; paper “A Concept on the Possible Structural Elements of a Water Allocation Formula for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin” prepared by the Office of Federal Commissioners ACT/ACF River Basin Commissioners, April 8, 2003.
(001-01-005 GOVERNOR - EXECUTIVE DEPT. - GOVERNOR'S SUBJECT FILES - 2003 - 2006 - Gov. Sonny Perdue - External Affairs - General Correspondence, 2003. RCB-57856, C73556)

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