{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-5-91","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 12-5-91","heading":"Declaration of policy.","body":"The general welfare and public interest require that the water resources of the state be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent to which they are capable, subject to reasonable regulation in order to conserve these resources and to provide and maintain conditions which are conducive to the development and use of water resources.","path":["TITLE 12 Conservation And Natural Resources","CHAPTER 5 Water Resources","Article 3 Wells and Drinking Water","PART 2 Ground-water Use Generally"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.12.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"7fded5ef52c5a0eb93953889703e63d94f7605f6c6279746b83a4243dcc143da","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-5-90","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-5-92"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}