On October 7, 2024, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD) issued Permit No. 016-0013 to the Bryan County Board of Commissioners to utilize 3.5 million gallons per day (mgd) on a monthly average and 3.5 mgd on an annual average from the Floridan aquifer from two wells located in Bulloch County; and Permit No. 016-0014 to the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners to utilize 3.5 million gallons per day (mgd) on a monthly average and 3.125 mgd on an annual average from the Floridan Aquifer from two wells located in Bulloch County. The four wells collectively are proposed to serve the Interstate 16 Industrial Mega-Site in Bryan County and other associated development.
The GSP is a joint program formed by the two Counties, each of which is responsible for appointing a Well Mitigation Manager to implement the program in their respective county and serve as a backup for the other Well Mitigation Manager in their absence. The Well Mitigation Managers are responsible for administering the GSP’s operations and execution of goals under the program to address significant impacts to existing eligible Floridan aquifer wells within the mitigation area to meet the conditions of the referenced Georgia EPD Groundwater Use Permits.
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Wells that qualify for potential mitigation through the GSP shall be limited to existing private residential drinking or permitted non-drinking agricultural wells, located in the mitigation area described above, that:
