Water resources data for the 1981 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 of 109 gaging stations; stage for 10 gaging stations; stage and contents for 17 lakes and reservoirs; water quality for 22 continuous stations, 131 periodic stations and miscellaneous sites; peak stage and discharge only for 106 crest-stage partial-record stations and 4 miscellaneous sites; measurements of discharge at 25 low-flow partial-record stations and 57 miscellaneous sites; and water levels of 28 observation wells.