Georgia Water Resources Institute annual technical report FY 2010 (original) (raw)

relation to the state water planning process. GWRI's River Basin Planning Tool (RBPT) was developed specifically for this purpose and is now being applied to assess water supply availability and gaps in various Georgia basins. The results are communicated to 12 Water Councils that have been formed across the state. GWRI provides training to state engineers and their contractors who are involved in these assessments. The RBPT is further developed as more specific assessment needs arise in the planning process. In addition to the Georgia Tech River Basin Planning Tool, GWRI has completed a comprehensive study on the impacts of climate change for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin shared with Alabama and Florida. The study indicates that droughts will most likely intensify having serious implications on water supply, energy generation, and ecological flows. The study is now being expanded to include all Georgia basins. California: Similar work, collaboratively with the Hydrologic Research Center in San Diego, has focused on climate change impacts on the Northern California water resources system (including the Sacramento and San Joaquin River basins). While the nature of the changes is different, due to hydrologic significance of snow melt, the findings are equally important regarding the need for mitigation and adaptation measures. With funding from

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