Road costs, well risks, taxpayers should decide –Lisa Sumner for Wayne Nash 2025-09-18

The information Lisa Sumner presented to the Greater Berrien Planning Commission Thursday on behalf of Wayne Nash is on the WWALS website. This was in opposition to the proposed subdivision on Bradford and Strawder Roads and Old Valdosta Road in Berrien County, Georgia, draining into Gin Branch Creek to the Withlacoochee River, through an aquifer recharge zone above the Floridan Aquifer.

Images of each page are below.

[Road costs, well risks, taxpayers should decide --Lisa Sumner for Wayne Nash 2025-09-18 @ Berrien Planning Commission]
Road costs, well risks, taxpayers should decide –Lisa Sumner for Wayne Nash 2025-09-18 @ Berrien Planning Commission

I’ve also enlarged Wayne Nash’s groundwater withdrawal permit, which shows “Well Design Pumping Capacity 600 gallons per minute.”

[1: Taxpayer Costs, including road fill and culverts]
1: Taxpayer Costs, including road fill and culverts
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[2: Risks of Wells in Rural Subdivisions going Dry]
2: Risks of Wells in Rural Subdivisions going Dry
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[Wayne Nash Well Permit: 600 gallons per minute]
Wayne Nash Well Permit: 600 gallons per minute
Also see the GA-EPD Watershed Protection Branch lists
https://epd.georgia.gov/watershed-protection-branch-lists for the spreadsheet of agricultural well permits,
https://epd.georgia.gov/document/document/copy-20250425permitwebreportxlsx/download

[3: Current taxpayers should decide]
3: Current taxpayers should decide
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These are the most relevant WWALS videos from the September 18, 2025, meeting of the Greater Berrien Planning Commission.

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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