Potential customers for Etowah Water Bank include government members, associated water utilities and industries in northwest Georgia, the Atlanta Metropolitan Area and northeastern Alabama, with seasonably available water for storage in underlying aquifers. During wet years and winter months, participation in Etowah Water Bank will give water utilities the ability to store extra water for future recovery during peak demand periods or severe droughts, and to augment low streamflows.   Potential customers also include government members, associated water utilities and industries in the same region in need of supplemental water during periods of peak demand and drought, that are situated in areas where aquifer storage in underlying aquifers is not viable. During drought years and peak demand periods, those utilities needing supplemental water supplies will be able to withdraw needed water supplies up to the rate and volume to which they have previously committed, so long as the total cumulative volume does not exceed that which has been previously stored. For some customers, existing and new transmission pipelines would convey the recovered water to where it is needed.  For other customers, a water exchange may be sufficient, releasing water from storage to maintain target streamflow at one location so that diversion can occur at another location on the same river or tributary.   Some water utilities will both store and recover water supplies. A few utilities will just store water while others may only recover water from storage. Annual management fees will be charged to participating water utilities and industries.   Participation in Etowah Water Bank for water storage and recovery will be open to approximately 35 public utilities and industries on a first-come, first-served basis, comprising a public private partnership. A strong incentive will favor those members that commit early to participation in EWB.   After fifteen years, ownership of the Etowah Water Bank will transfer to the participating utilities.