Funds available to the Commission to provide water-measuring devices for the Ag Measurement Program shall be as appropriated or otherwise made available to the Commission. The Commission is authorized under O.C.G.A. § 2-6-27 to receive and accept grant funding from outside sources and disperse same in support of soil and water conservation activities.
Water-use measuring devices such as flow meters are common in some areas of the U.S. as a component of irrigation management practices, but the Commission has determined that a significant number of irrigators in Georgia may lack adequate knowledge and understanding of meters and how they might be used. Accordingly the Commission has determined the need for conducting an educational program for farmers and others regarding the implications of metering, potential farm management improvements that can result from measuring water-use, and the critical need for measuring agricultural water-use for Georgia. To this end, the Director shall cause basic information to be distributed and insure appropriate announcements will be provided to the public.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 600-7-1-.05
O.C.G.A. Sec. 2-6-20.