Water Council Town Hall Meetings    1/17/07

Learn more about the water quality issues facing Lake Lanier.

We urge you to attend a Town Hall Meeting on water quality being offered by the Georgia Water Council as part of the Comprehensive Statewide Water Management Planning process.

These meetings, to be held on Saturday, January 20, will give you an opportunity to ask questions and offer comments on water quality issues which already affect Lake Lanier and could affect the lake in the future. Times and venues are:

Saturday, January 20 - Gainesville
9:30 am to 12:00 pm
Gainesville State College Continuing Education Auditorium Continuing
Education Building
3820 Mundy Mill Road
Oakwood, GA 30566

Saturday, January 20 - Cumming
2:30 pm to 5:00 pm
The Cumming/Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce
212 Kelly Mill Road
Cumming, GA 3004

Each meeting will start with an open house to give citizens a chance to discuss the water planning process with Water Council members and their staffs. A presentation on the draft policy recommendation will follow the open house and the meetings will conclude with a public comment period.

Representatives from the Lake Lanier Association will be available at both sessions and will have a handout on water quality issues pertaining to Lake Lanier for your information.

The Comprehensive Statewide Water Management Planning Act of 2004 formed the Water Council, which consists of legislators, legislative appointees and state agency heads who have water-related responsibilities. The Act requires that the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) develop the Plan, and present it to the Georgia Water Council next July. The Plan will be brought before the General Assembly in 2008.