Competing Demands Among Water Uses in the Apalachicola- Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin
| Total Population | 6.76,700,000 millionmillion |
|---|---|
| Total Area | 21,90021,900 km² 8,455.59 mi² km2 |
| Climate Descriptors | Dry-summer, temperate |
| Predominent Land Use Descriptors | agricultural- cropland and pasture, agricultural- confined livestock operations |
| Important Uses of Water | Agriculture or Irrigation, Domestic/Urban Supply, Fisheries - wild |
Contents
Summary
Natural, Historic, Economic, Regional, and Political Framework
Analysis, Synthesis, and Insight
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Learn moreASI:Agricultural Subsidies
Agricultural production has received far less attention than other water uses in the ACF, and agricultural management has been largely overlooked as a source of potential means of addressing the basin’s water issues. This is surprising, given that agriculture is generally a relatively inefficient user of water and may offer significant “low-hanging fruit” for water savings. Since agriculture is a dominant user of water in the ACF and the primary use of water in the Flint River sub-basin (Georgia Department of Natural Resources 2006), attention should be paid to how agricultural policies and management can be used to improve water management in the basin. Can agricultural policies, mainly rethinking subsidies, encourage water savings in the Flint River Basin, thereby helping to address basin-wide conflict in the ACF?(read the full article... )
Contributed by: L. Kuhl (last edit: 28 October 2013)
