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Watershed Protection Branch
Technical Guidance

The Watershed Protection Branch has provided technical guidance documents online organized under these categories:

Regulated Facility Group Contact Person Contact Phone

Drinking Water

Nap Caldwell

Kirk Chase

404.463.4348

404.651.5159

Engineering and Technical Support (Wastewater)

Jane Hendricks

404.362.2680

 

  • State Environmental Review Process (Dated 1989). This process applies to wastewater projects applying for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, stimulus bill).  This document defines which Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) projects are required to complete a full environmental planning document. [Added March 2009]

 

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Water & Wastewater Operator Certification Board under the Georgia Secretary of State's office

 

 

Urban Water Reuse

Curtis Boswell

 

 

 

 

404.675.1602

 

Erosion and Sedimentation

 

Erosion, Sedimentation & Pollution Control Plan Checklists

 

Education and Training Certification


NPDES General Permits - Stormwater Discharges from Construction Activities

 

General E&SC Information

 

State Waters and Buffers

 

Local Issuing Authorities

 

Pond Building or Renovation

 

Georgia Better Back Roads Program

 

Dirt 2 (Erosion and Sedimentation Control Technical Study Committee)

 

Jan Sammons

404.675.6240

Environmentally Sensitive Property

 


Bill Smith

404.656.3214

Field Investigation Quality Assurance (Water Quality)

Mike Phipps


Susan Salter

404.675.6236
Floodplain Management

Georgia Floodplain Management Office recommends these three applicable model Flood Damage Prevention Ordinances for communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Each ordinance complies with FEMA's floodplain management regulations as described in 44 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 60.3.

Other Floodplain Management Information

Collis Brown 404.656.6382

GEFA Implementation Unit

Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District

Wastewater Plant Operations

Commercial Waste Rules


Coordinator/Commercial Waste Rules

[Vacant]

Metro District
Emily Wingo

Wastewater Manuals

[Vacant]

404.675.6233

Geographic Information Systems

James Stapel

Barbara Stitt - Allen

404.675.6232
Geologic Technical Investigations Bill Smith

404.656.3214

Land Activity Management

Chris Faulkner 404.675.6240

Long-Term BOD Test References

Paul Lamarre 404.657.6236

Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment SOP

 

Michele Brossett

Cody Jones

404.675.6236

Storm Water

 

Construction Storm Water

 

Industrial Storm Water

 

Phase II Municipal Stormwater

 

Phase I Municipal Stormwater

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction Stormwater:
Jan Sammons

 

 

Industrial Stormwater:
Frances Carpenter

Michele Robbins

Mark Wyland

 

 

 

 

 

 

Municipal Stormwater:
Mildred Granderson

Connie Haynes

Lyn Mickelson
Lisa Perrett

 

404.675.6240 for all stormwater contacts

Total Maximum Daily Loadings

 

 

Elizabeth Booth 404.675.1675
Underground Injection Control

 

Bill Smith 404.656.3214

Wastewater (NPDES & LAS)

Jane Hendricks

404.362.2680

Water Well Standards

 

Bill Smith 404.656.3214

Water Withdrawal Permitting

Bill Frechette

404.675.1680

Watershed Assessment and Protection Plan Guidance Documents

Phase I

Phase II

Phase III

 

Watershed Assessment Data Reporting Template (Excel Format) [June 2008]

The above Excel file is provided for all NPDES permit holders who are required to complete a Watershed Assessment and Watershed Protection Plan. Spreadsheet should be used to report all water quality data collected during the Watershed Assessment and subsequent Long Term Monitoring process.

Tools for Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Implementation and Watershed Planning

 

Elizabeth Booth

404.675.1675

 

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Georgia Environmental Protection Division
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Suite 1152 East Tower
Atlanta, GA 30334
Telephone: 404.657.5947 or 888.373.5947 (toll-free throughout Georgia)
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