USGS to assess drought impacts

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July 18, 2011

Anonymous CNHI The Tifton Gazette Mon Jul 18, 2011, 10:10 PM EDT

ATLANTA — Stream flow and groundwater conditions in southwestern Georgia and adjacent parts of Florida and Alabama continue to worsen this month, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Waterways in many of the region’s rivers are setting new record lows with gauges on the Flint, Suwannee, Ochlocknee, Alapaha and Apalachicola rivers recording the lowest water levels in their history because of lower than normal rainfall. Groundwater levels were below normal and set new records in much of South Georgia, with some wells going dry.

To determine the impact of the drought on water resources and ecology of southwestern Georgia and adjacent parts of Florida and Alabama, almost two dozen researchers from three U.S. Geological Survey water science centers in Alabama, Florida and Georgia will conduct field studies in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and Aucilla-Suwannee-Ochlockonee river basins in the next 10 days.

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