Water resources data for the 1979 water year for Georgia consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and ground-water levels. This report contains discharge records for 100 gaging stations; stage for 10 gaging stations; stage and contents for 17 lakes and reservoirs; water quality for 25 continuous stations, 151 periodic stations and miscellaneous sites; peak stage and discharge only for 98 crest-stage partial-record stations and 12 miscellaneous sites; measurements of discharge at 110 low-flow partial-record stations and 21 miscellaneous sites; and water levels of 28 observation wells. These data represent that part of the National Water Data System collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Georgia.