Water Trails & Paddling
Building a Launch
Design
By Dave Teffeteller, Coosawattee Watershed Alliance
An overview of site selection, permitting, design and cost estimating, construction, capitalization and maintenance.
Permitting
www.sas.usace.army.mil/regulatory/permits.html
This will put you on the permitting page. Look for Nationwide Permits.
The general phone number for the Savannah Office is: 1-800-448-2402.
For projects in the piedmont and mountains call the Morrow office at 678-422-2721 and ask for the project manager for the particular county the project would be located in.
For SW Ga. call the Albany office at 229-430-8567 (Lower Flint, Lower Chattahoochee, Suwannee, Ochlocknee river basins).
Visit: https://www.georgiaepd.org/Documents/epdforms_wpb.html#erosion
There will be some contact names and numbers for help.
Construction
The biggest concern when developing a water trail is the usability and comfort of the put-ins, because without a good put-in it is harder to get people (especially families) on the river. A major factor in developing an appealing place to start and end your day on the river is the availability of a restroom that is clean and private. Being able to run into a restroom to change out of wet clothes or to use the restroom before piling back into the car has a tremendous, and often overlooked, influence on a day on the river. Having clean and well-managed restroom facilities plays a major role in consistent use of your put-in. The information and chart below outlines the basics about each of the main restroom options including: port-a-potty, vault-style, composting, and conventional flush toilets. |
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Composting Toilet Another option for a restroom facility is a Composting Toilet. Composting toilets are extremely |
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Port-A-Potty If your primary concern is cost, then the port-a-potty is the best option. Tried and true, the port-a-potty |
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Vault Toilets The next option for restroom facilities is a far more permanent installation than a port-a-potty, and one Some vault toilets do pump water into the toilet bowl to clear out any remaining excrement, and these then drain into a separate tank that must be pumped out. These low-flow options are at the top of the cost bracket, costing between $35,000 to $59,000 depending on the model you choose. These units are quite expensive, but with the price comes an odor-free and clean restroom experience. For a list of contractors with experience in the construction of stand-alone restroom facilities click on the following: Georgia Certified Septic Tank Installer Companies and Georgia Certified Septic Tank Pumper Companies
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Micro-Flush Toilets |
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Conventional Flush Toilets
Restroom Spec Spreadsheet Coming Soon! |
126 South Milledge Avenue, Suite E3, Athens, Georgia 30605 | (706) 549-4508 (phone) | info@garivers.org