The use of in-house resources by a municipality to conduct a watershed assessment
Abstract
Municipalities seeking Environmental
Protection Division (EPD) approval for Wastewater
Plant Expansions must conduct watershed studies of the
Plant’s service area. The Cobb County Water System
(CCWS) out-sourced its first watershed study. After
reviewing the study, however, the CCWS found they
possessed the resources to conduct the study in-house.
All sampling is completed for the first phase of the
study. Biological and chemical data were analyzed using
indexes developed by the Georgia Department of
Natural Resources.