A study of water issues in South Carolina, particularly interstate (NC and GA) water conflicts affecting the quality and quantity of water in South Carolina.
This two-year study was adopted as a LWVSC study by delegates at the April 2009 LWVSC Convention. The study will take place in 2009-2011 and come to member consensus in 2011. It was recommended during the local League program planning process by members of the Leagues of Charleston Area, Columbia Area, Clemson Area, Georgetown County and Hilton Head Island.
Rationale
Inter-basin transfers in North Carolina have affected water quality and flow along the SC coast. Georgia is looking at Lake Hartwell as a potential water resource, and on the lower Savannah, pollutants from the Georgia side have brought economic development to a halt. The drought has partly receded, but the threat remains. The state has exceptionally high per capita water use, most of it related to power generation. We think these are issues of great and immediate concern to the entire state.
Convention 2009 Panel Discussion--Facing South Carolina's Environmental Challenges
To provide an overview of water issues and how they tie to energy resources, Mullen Taylor, environmental attorney and LWVSC Water Issues Director, facilitated a presentation at convention. She was joined by panelists Colin Hagan, Federal Policy Associate with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and Heather Bergerud Nix, Co-Director Water Program with Upstate Forever. To obtain a copy of their presentations, send an email to the League at info@lwvsc.org.
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