For the first time in more than a decade, Georgia environmental regulators will consider new water withdrawals in two river ... of the lower Flint and Chattahoochee river basins in southwest ...

Dunn told agricultural producers assembled in Perry last fall that the harm from diminished stream flows on water users and critical aquatic habitat in the lower Flint River Basin during droughts ...

For the first time since 2012, Georgia officials said farmers will be able to request permits to take water from the Lower Flint and Chattahoochee River basins to use in their fields. The ...

The mussels depend on fish to transport their larvae in the lower Flint River Basin, so low flows jeopardize their reproduction. The permit’s drought restriction ensures that farmers don’t ...