Watershed Protection Branch Technical Guidance

Drinking Water and Water Withdrawal

• Drinking Water Permitting and Engineering Unit County Assignments - June 2017
• Drinking Water
• Water Well Driller Standards
• Water Withdrawal Permitting

Watershed Protection Branch - General

• Regional Water Planning Guidance

Wastewater

• Municipal (Wastewater)
• GEFA Implementation Unit
• Underground Injection Control
• Wastewater Treatment Facility Abandonment Guidelines
• Georgia's Best Management Practices (BMP) for Mining, May 2008
• Laboratory Certification for NPDES Whole Effluent Toxicity  Testing

Wetlands

• Environmentally Sensitive Property

NonPoint Source

• Georgia's Statewide Nonpoint Source Management Plan
• Erosion and Sedimentation
• Floodplain Management
• Land Activity Management

Storm Water

• Storm Water *UPDATED*

Watershed Planning and Monitoring

• Quality Assurance Program Plan
• Surface Water Monitoring SOPs
  • Planning and Documentation (WPMP-1)
  • Sampling Rivers and Streams (WPMP-2)
  • Chlorophyll-a Sample Collection and Processing (WPMP-3)
  • Lake Profiling and Sample Collection (WPMP-4)
  • Waste Water Sampling (WPMP-5)
  • Streamflow Measurements (WPMP-6)
  • Data Sonde Calibration and Maintenance (WPMP-7)
• Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment SOP
• Guidance for Submitting Data for 305(b)/303(d) Listings
• Watershed Assessment and Protection Plan Guidance Documents *UPDATED*
• Tools for TMDL Implementation and Watershed Planning
• Long-Term BOD Test References
• Geographic Information Systems GIS Databases and Documentation