service and outreach:
georgia erosion & sedimentation control act
why do we need to prevent erosion and sedimentation?
Sedimentation has several detrimental effects that impair the quality
of our water resources including:
- Increased risk of flooding from streams
- Reduced capacity of stormwater facilities ( = higher flood risk)
- Reduced capacity and useful lifespan of reservoirs
- Higher costs of removing sediment from municipal drinking water
- Loss of fish spawning habitat and habitats of aquatic organisms
- Fish kills
- Higher nutrient inputs to streams and lakes which increase algae
blooms
- Damages to adjacent properties
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Sediment chokes this river in Tennessee due to
many years of erosion on nearby unprotect farmland. Courtesy USDA
NRCS |
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