Issue Position: Water
Issue Position
Water is a critical issue in our state.
We have:
* Protected our ground water by regulating fracking for natural gas in Georgia. I co-sponsored this bill.
* Supported the State in their fight with Florida and Alabama over the use of the Chattahoochee.
* Funded water planning that will coordinate the use of our important resource.
* Created a study group in 2018 to look at the Tennessee boundary and our access to the Tennessee River (Remember some of our tributaries ends up in the Tennessee river.) water resource.
* Increased recordkeeping and monitoring of water usage in agriculture. Work to do: Work with local authorities to make sure our local communities have the tools to create long range water plans. This is a critical issue for growth and stability.
Since being in the legislature I have learned so much about water and its link to all of our state. It may be drinking water for many of us, irrigation for those who feed us, and recreation for those who enjoy our state. We have to work hard to listen and understand all these needs when creating policy. I will continue to work with our communities as they work to develop long-term solutions to our water supply problem.
This issue is one of the reasons I chose to be on the Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee when I first came to the legislature.
The growth of our region is tied to our ability to store water with dams. We know water will be an invaluable resource for our communities. I have supported continuing investment in Georgia by all of us to prepare our region for future growth and the inevitable drought.
Making conservation of water a way of life, construction of dams, and maybe the dredging of current reservoirs are all possible solutions to the water needs of the region.
I will work to protect our current uses of water and watersheds so we can grow and prosper and be secure in our water resources. I have worked with farm irrigation, landscape irrigation, home water use, and have taught water conservation to hundreds of school kids. My knowledge of this critical issue is extensive.
I know how to work with all sides of the water issue and help all of us do what's best for the people of the 11th District and for the State of Georgia.
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