Anyone interested in the future quality and quantity of the water
in the Upper Suwannee River Watershed should attend a discussion
panel at the Nashville, Ga., Community Center April 24.

The USRW covers roughly 5,000 square miles in south-central
Georgia. The Alapaha, Little and Withlacoochee rivers and most of
the Okefenokee Swamp all drain into the Suwannee.

People in the USRW will be able to express their concerns to
members of the Joint Comprehensive Water Plan Study Committee at
this meeting. The committee will report in August 2002 on a study
of the water resource issues facing Georgia. This study will
influence Georgia’s future water laws and policies.

Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. For more information, call (229)
386-3914 or (229) 686-5123. Or go to
(http://nespal.cpes.peachnet.edu/usrw).