ARTICLE 3 - WELLS AND DRINKING WATER
- PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 12-5-70 - Prospecting for underground water supplies -- Powers of department
- § 12-5-71 - Prospecting for underground water supplies -- Records of findings; acceptance of federal grants
- § 12-5-72 - Prospecting for underground water supplies -- Contracts with counties or municipalities for use of water
- § 12-5-73 - Prospecting for underground water supplies -- Appropriation or allocation of funds to department
- PART 2 - GROUND-WATER USE GENERALLY
- § 12-5-100 - Judgment in accordance with director's order
- § 12-5-101 - Injunctive relief
- § 12-5-102 - Emergency orders; restrictions; hearing; appeal; use by certain entities
- § 12-5-103 - Representation of department by Attorney General
- § 12-5-104 - Effect of part on other laws
- § 12-5-105 - Permits for farm uses; notice of transfer or modification in use or capacity; nonuse; suspension or modification; priority uses; reporting and measuring water withdrawals; no effect on
- § 12-5-106 - Civil penalties; procedure for imposing penalties; hearing; judicial review
- § 12-5-107 - Criminal penalty
- § 12-5-90 - Short title
- § 12-5-91 - Declaration of policy
- § 12-5-92 - Definitions
- § 12-5-93 - Power of director to employ personnel
- § 12-5-94 - Adoption of rules and regulations by Board of Natural Resources
- § 12-5-95 - Proposed regulations regarding ground-water use; hearings; adoption and modification of regulations; contesting validity of regulations
- § 12-5-96 - Permits to withdraw, obtain, or use ground water; coordination with water plans; factors to be considered; notice of official acts; administrative hearings; judicial review
- § 12-5-97 - Duration of permits; renewal; transfer; certified statements by holders; monitoring water use; granting permit to person withdrawing ground water prior to July 1, 1973; prior investments
- § 12-5-98 - Investigations; entry; protection of confidential information or trade secrets; refusing entry or access to and interference with authorized representatives of division
- § 12-5-99 - Order by director after failure of conference, conciliation, or persuasion; hearings; appeal
- PART 3 - WATER WELL STANDARDS
- § 12-5-120 - Short title
- § 12-5-121 - Legislative intent
- § 12-5-122 - Definitions
- § 12-5-123 - Creation of council; membership; chairperson; meetings; majority vote; quorum; director as secretary; self-governance; reimbursement for expenses; Attorney General to provide legal serv
- § 12-5-124 - Powers and duties of council generally
- § 12-5-125 - License requirement; drilling under direction of professional geologist or engineer
- § 12-5-126 - Director as administrative agent; administrative duties of division; orders, notices, and processes
- § 12-5-127 - Licensing of water well contractors generally; applications for trainee licenses; violation of Code section
- § 12-5-128 - Contents of license; display
- § 12-5-129 - Suspension and revocation of licenses; hearings; reissuance of revoked licenses; injunction; cessation of well operation; seizure of equipment
- § 12-5-130 - Expiration and renewal of licenses; replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated licenses
- § 12-5-131 - Notifying contractors of changes in rules and regulations
- § 12-5-131.1 - Licensing requirements for drilling well on own property; water well contractors completing electrical or plumbing work incidental to drilling and construction of well
- § 12-5-132 - Effect of part
- § 12-5-133 - Penalty; confiscation of equipment; evidence of violation of part
- § 12-5-133.1 - Civil penalties; hearing
- § 12-5-134 - Standards for wells and boreholes
- § 12-5-135 - Requirement of bond or letter of credit
- § 12-5-136 - Compliance with standards and licensing requirements; inspections; action by director if well not up to standard
- § 12-5-137 - Procedure for confiscation and sale of contraband equipment; defenses
- § 12-5-138 - Council authorized to establish rules and regulations for pump installation; certification requirements; civil penalties for violations
- PART 4 - ARTESIAN WELLS
- PART 5 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
- § 12-5-170 - Short title
- § 12-5-171 - Declaration of policy; legislative intent; Environmental Protection Division to administer part
- § 12-5-172 - Definitions
- § 12-5-173 - Designation of division as state agency to receive financial aid from federal government and other sources
- § 12-5-174 - Powers and duties of Board of Natural Resources as to public water systems
- § 12-5-175 - Fluoridation of public water systems; state funds for cost of fluoridation equipment, chemicals, and materials; tax deduction for fluoride-removing devices
- § 12-5-176 - Powers and duties of director as to public water systems generally
- § 12-5-177 - Enforcement of rules and regulations; minimum requirements for and applicability of Georgia primary drinking water regulations; records and reports
- § 12-5-178 - Variances and exemptions
- § 12-5-179 - Permits for operation of public water systems; performance bonds
- § 12-5-180 - Duty of permit applicants and holders to supply information as required by director
- § 12-5-180.1 - Allocating water and waste-water usage among tenants; charging tenants for usage; measuring water usage
- § 12-5-181 - Inspections and investigations by division
- § 12-5-182 - Powers of director as to protection of public from contaminants presenting imminent and substantial danger
- § 12-5-183 - Plan for emergency provision of water
- § 12-5-184 - Notice of violations, variances, and exemptions involving public water systems
- § 12-5-185 - Order by director after failure of conference, conciliation, or persuasion; hearing on order or permit issued by director
- § 12-5-186 - Hearings; judicial review
- § 12-5-187 - Emergency orders; hearing; review
- § 12-5-188 - Injunctive relief
- § 12-5-189 - Judgment in accordance with director's order
- § 12-5-190 - Legal assistance by Attorney General
- § 12-5-191 - Prohibited acts
- § 12-5-192 - Civil penalties; procedures for imposing penalty; hearing; review
- § 12-5-193 - Criminal penalty
- PART 6 - WATER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION, REDUNDANCY, AND RELIABILITY