Potential customers for Etowah Water Bank include government members and associated water utilities 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.   Potential customers also include government members and associated water utilities 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. Existing and new transmission pipelines would convey the recovered water to where it is needed.   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. Payments will be made to those water utilities providing water for storage. Annual fees will be charged to those water utilities committing to purchase water from storage.   Participation in Etowah Water Bank for water storage and recovery will be open to approximately 35 public utilities on a first-come, first-served basis, comprising a public private partnership. A strong incentive will favor those water utilities that commit early to participation in EWB.   After twenty years, ownership of the Etowah Water Bank will be sold to the participating utilities.