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Multimedia

• Ground Water Commission Meeting
  August 26, 2009
  Video (a.m.) [166 MB] | Video (p.m.) [250 MB]
   
• “Our Lives…Our Water”
  (see News Release for additional information)
  

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  “Our Lives…Our Water” (see News Release for additional information)

Reports and Presentations

• Commissioner's Ground Water Management Report, July 2009 (3.57 MB)
  This report includes updates on the agency’s efforts to meet the Ground Water Resources Program performance indicators reported to the Louisiana Legislature for tracking the number of complete water well notifications submitted to, and notification evaluations completed by the agency during each quarter. This report provides semi-annual updates to enforcement activities mandated by statutory law under R.S. 38:3097.3(E) and pursuant to the Ground Water Management requirements under LAC 43:VI.Subpart 1, as amended. This report also includes an update on ground water use reporting required of non-exempt water well owners located in the three Sparta aquifer Areas of Ground Water Concern (AGC) by order of the Commissioner. Information on current ground water management public education and outreach activities as well as other related agency accomplishments is also provided.
• Assistance in Developing the Statewide Water Management Plan
• The Sparta Aquifer: A Sustainable Water Resource? (1.08 MB)
  This Fact Sheet from the U.S. Geological Survey describes the Sparta Aquifer's characteristics and water use and examines the sustainability of the aquifer.
• Water Use In Louisiana, 2005 (7.87 MB)
  The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, has collected and published water-withdrawal and water-use information on a 5-year basis since 1960. This report presents data from a 2005 inventory of water withdrawals in Louisiana. The report presents information on withdrawals from ground-water and surface-water sources for use in public supply, industry, power generation, rural domestic, livestock, irrigation, and aquaculture for each parish in Louisiana. Included in the report are tables of water use by category, parish, aquifer, and surface-water basin. This report also presents trends in Louisiana water withdrawals based on data from previous 5-year reports since 1960.