Georgia Water Coalition's Platform for Upcoming Election

vbsauer posted on October 10, 2010 21:34

GWC Water Platform

The GWC's Water Platform asks gubernatorial candidates to address five critical water issues as they seek election in November. You can view and download the platform by clicking this link.

The platform urges candidates to:

1. Regulate the transfer of water from one river basin to another and require strict limits on new interbasin transfers to protect all Georgia communities and prevent harm to our rivers and the wildlife that depend on them.
2. Ensure all Georgians have access to clean, reliable drinking water by implementing water conservation measures promptly, maximizing use of existing reservoirs, and engaging in transparent negotiations with neighboring states prior to pursuing new water supply sources that threaten the health of our waters.
3. Forbid rollbacks to environmental regulations that protect our water, air, forests, and land.
4. Make impartial appointments to the Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee and the Board of Natural Resources, including professionals in the earth sciences and leaders of conservation and environmental organizations.
5. Allocate fees that are collected to fund conservation and environmental programs only for those purposes and not distribute them elsewhere in Georgia’s budget.

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