Industrial Water Use

Experts under contract to EPD are producing water and wastewater demand forecasts for the largest industrial water users in Georgia. In the development of the industrial forecasting methodology, EPD and its contractors are consulting representatives of those largest industrial water users.

Depending on the data available, two alternate methodologies are used to forecast industrial water and wastewater needs. One methodology includes consideration of future growth in workforce (employment projections) for each of the industrial sectors, and a per employee water use rate. The other methodology includes consideration of the growth in industrial output for each sector, and consideration of the amount of water used per employee in producing units of output for that sector.