Gary Hawkins
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Water is one of the things we need everyday and keeping clean water flowing to most residents even in 1000 year floods takes management and dedicated employees. Read how the Columbia, SC waterworks department kept water flowing and in compliance during the 1000 year flood in October 2017.
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For the contiguous 48 states, the U.S. Drought Monitor showed 5.28 percent of the area in moderate drought or worse, compared with 4.52 percent a week earlier. Complete information can be seen in the supplied links.
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Water education for fourth graders includes educating parents, teachers and other adults.
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What is going down the septic line can be small but can cause larger problems.
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Last Monday (May 8, 2017), 25 Environmental Scientist with the Department of Public Health and from across Georgia arrived at the UGA CAES J. Phil Campbell REC to learn about Soils, Hydrology and On-Site Wastewater Treatment. During the week long class, they learned about Soils and Water Movement, as well as Soil Morphology and Classification…
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On May 2, 2017, the Georgia EPD released a press release related to the current Drought conditions in North Georgia. Below is a reprint of Press Release. The link at the bottom at the press release and linked here will take you to a website where you can find: Rules for Drought Management Drought Indicator…
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The following is copy from the latest release from the National Drought Mitigation Center: Within the announcement, there are a few links that will provide additional information. These include: Crops in Drought U.S. Drought Monitor statistics Narrative of Drought U.S. Drought Monitor for May 9, 2017: For…
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The following is copy from the latest release from the National Drought Mitigation Center: Within the announcement, there are a few links that will provide additional information. These include: Crops in Drought U.S. Drought Monitor statistics Narrative of Drought ** *** *** *** *** *** ***…
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The Draft Regional Water Plans for Georgia have been finalized and are available for public comment. The Draft Plans can be found on the Draft Regional Water Plan website. On the site you will be able to click on the Regional Water Council you are interested in reviewing and the website looks like: On…
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In September 2016, the organizers of the Athens-Clark County Water Festival incorporated the game Pokemon Go into their annual water education festival. The Saturday was full of different water related activities from kids being able to act like a raindrop flowing through a stormwater channel, water cannons, water games, and Dr. Hawkins, UGA Water Resource…