Two public meetings were held on November 18th and 21st, 2019 to introduce the new Planning Framework to stakeholders, and formal Council meetings began in June, 2020. Agendas, presentations, meeting recordings, and meeting summaries can be accessed below.
Planning Meetings
Public Meeting #4
Blackville, S.C., June 1, 2023; 6 pm – 8 pm
Clemson University's Edisto Research and Education Center
64 Research St.
Blackville, SC 29817
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Meeting Presentations
Public Meeting #3
Orangeburg, S.C., February 15, 2023; 6 pm – 8 pm
Orangeburg DPU Operations Center
352 Sprinkle Ave.
Orangeburg, SC 29115
Agenda
Meeting Presentations
Meeting Recording
Public Meeting #2
St. George, S.C., November 21, 2019; 6 pm – 8 pm
Lovely Hill Convention Center
5905 W Jim Bilton Blvd.
St. George, SC 29477
Agenda
SCDNR Presentations
Public Meeting #1
Blackville, S.C., November 18, 2019; 6 pm – 8 pm
Clemson University's Edisto Research and Education Center
64 Research St.
Blackville, SC 29817
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SCDNR Presentations
Meeting #29
April 26th, 2023
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Meeting #28
December 14th, 2022
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Meeting Minutes
Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Review of Suggested Draft River Basin Plan Revisions, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Review and Discussion of Proposed Additional Plan Recommendations, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Review of Remaining Steps to Complete the Draft Plan, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #27
November 16th, 2022
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Meeting Minutes
Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Review and Discussion of the Draft River Basin Plan, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Test of Consensus on the Draft River Basin Plan, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Preparation for the First and Second Public Meetings Presenting the Draft and Final River Basin Plans, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #26
August 17th, 2022
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Meeting Minutes
Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Update of Draft Edisto River Basin Plan Chapters, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Review and Discussion: Draft of Chapter 9, Policy, Legislative, Regulatory, Technical and Planning Process Recommendations, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Review and Selection of Proposed Progress Metrics, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Upcoming RBC Agenda and Schedule, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #25
July 20th, 2022
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Meeting Minutes
Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Review of June Meeting and RBC-identified Recommendations, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Discussion and Policy, Legislative, and Regulatory Recommendations, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Implementation Plan Development, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Identification of Progress Metrics, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Upcoming RBC Agenda and Schedule, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #24
June 22nd, 2022
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Meeting Minutes
Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Edisto River Basin, South Carolina, Matt Petkewich, USGS
Discussion on Low Flow Surface Water Management Strategy, Jason Thompson, Charleston Water System
Discussion and Identification of River Basin Plan Recommendations, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Draft Schedule and Agendas for Remaining Edisto RBC Meetings, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #23
May 18th, 2022
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Meeting Minutes
Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Edisto River Basin, South Carolina, Matt Petkewich and Andrea Hughes, USGS
Selection of Groundwater and Surface Water Management Strategies, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Drought Response, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #22
April 20th, 2022
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Meeting Minutes
Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Groundwater Management Strategies, Monitoring and Conditions, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Surface Water Management Strategies and Conditions, John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #21
March 16th, 2022
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Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Groundwater Simulation Results for Four Groundwater Use Scenarios - Greg Cherry and Matthew Petkewich, USGS
RBC Discussion of Results and Consideration of Groundwater Areas of Concern and Groundwater Conditions - John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #20
February 16th, 2022
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Meeting Minutes
Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Land Use Implications to Evapotranspiration and Water Budgets - Dr. Devendra Amatya, U.S. Forest Service
Update on Edisto River Basin Plan, Section 1 - John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Groundwater Modeling Results for New Use and Fully Registered and Permitted Scenarios - Greg Cherry and Matthew Petkewich, USGS
Evaluation of Modeled Agricultural Surface Water User Shortages and Storage as a Water Management Strategy - John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Review and Discussion of Surface Water Conditions and Management Strategies - John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #19
January 19th, 2022
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Presentations:
Supply Side Strategy Effectiveness-Conjuctive Use - John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #18
December 15th, 2021
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Meeting Minutes
Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Process Metrics Survey Results and Discussion - John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Effectiveness of Demand-side Surface Water Management Strategies/Selection of Strategies for Feasibility Evaluation - John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Review and Selection of Supply-side Strategies and Low Flow Strategy for Effectiveness Evaluation - John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #17
November 17th, 2021
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Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Process Metrics Survey - John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Proposed Subcommittees - John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Discussion and Consideration of Decision-making Process for Management Strategy Selection - John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Discussion of Low Flow Strategy and other Surface Water Strategies - John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #16
October 20th, 2021
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Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Surface Water Regulation Stakeholder Workgroup - Rob Devlin, SCDES
Edisto Basin Groundwater Management Plans Overview - Leigh Ann Monroe, SCDES
Overview of Water Management Strategies - John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Comparison of Scenario Flows to Calculated 20-30-40 Flows - John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Surface Withdrawal and Surface Condition Subcommittee Report - Jason Thompson, Charleston Water System
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Meeting #15
September 15th, 2021
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Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Groundwater Availability Evaluation Methods and Considerations – Joe Gellici, SCDES
Capacity Use Area Groundwater Management Plans – Leigh Anne Monroe, SCDES
Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Edisto River Basin, South Carolina –Greg Cherry and Matt Petkewich, USGS
Review of River Basin Planning – John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Surface Water Modeling Discussion – John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Surface Water Conditions – Jason Thompson, Charleston Water System
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Meeting #14
August 18th, 2021
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Meeting Minutes
Meeting Summary
Presentations:
July Field Trip Summary – John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Summary of Surface Water Modeling Results – John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Comparison of Hydrologic Performance Measures – John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Flow-Stream Health Relationship Results – Dr. Luke Bower, USGS, and Eric Krueger, The Nature Conservancy
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Meeting #13
June 23rd, 2021
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Meeting Summary
Presentations:
RBC Chair/Vice-Chair Selections and RBC Terms of Service – John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc
Flow-Stream Health Relationships Study Review and Discussion – Eric Krueger, The Nature Conservancy and Dr. Luke Bower, Clemson University
Groundwater Resources of the Edisto Basin – Joe Gellici, SCDES
South Carolina Atlantic Coastal Plain Groundwater Availability Model – Greg Cherry and Matt Petkewich, USGS
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Meeting #12
May 26th, 2021
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Meeting Minutes
Meeting Summary
Presentations:
SC State Water Planning Framework Revisions – Scott Harder, CDM Smith, Inc.
Introduction to Flow-Ecology Relationships – Dr. Brandon Peoples, Clemson University
Flow-Ecology Study Results and Planning Applications – Dr. Luke Bower, Clemson University and Eric Krueger, The Nature Conservancy
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Meeting #11
February 17th, 2021
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Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Regulatory Safe Yield Calculations – Alex Butler, SCDES
Edisto River Basin Council and Water Availability – Jason Thompson, Charleston Water System
Updated Surface Water Scenario Results – John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #10
January 27th, 2021
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Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Impact of Land Use/Land Cover on Water Availability – Alex Butler, SCDES
Finalizing Goals and Preliminary Surface Water Model Scenario Results – John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #9
January 6th, 2021
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Meeting Minutes
Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Methodologies for Evaluating Water Availability – Scott Harder, SCDES
Surface Water-Demand Scenarios – Scott Harder, SCDES
Goals of the Edisto River Basin (Draft), John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Performance Measures, Strategic Nodes, and Reaches of Interest – John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #8
December 9th, 2020
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Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Surface Water Model Overview – John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Groundwater Model Overview – Bruce Campbell, USGS (retired) and Jimmy Clark, USGS
Environmental Flows Study Introduction – Eric Krueger, The Nature Conservancy
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Meeting #7
November 18th, 2020
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Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Coastal Aquatic Resources – Joey Ballenger, SCDES
Edisto Freshwater Fishes – Chris Thomason, SCDES
Cultural Resources – Sean Taylor, SCDES
Water Law – Josh Eagle, University of South Carolina School of Law
Edisto RBC Vision Statement Development – John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #6
October 21st, 2020
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Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Edisto Basin Water-Demand Projections Update – Alex Pellett, SCDES
Water Demand Breakout Discussions – John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Edisto River Basin Climatology – Hope Mizzell and Elliot Wickham, SCDES
SC Drought Program – Hope Mizzell, SCDES
Overview of Georgia River Basin Planning – CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #5
September 30th, 2020
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Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Overview of S.C. Freedom of Information Act – Van Whitehead, SCDES
Follow-up Discussion on Edisto Basin Water Resources – Alex Butler, SCDES
Edisto Basin Water Use – Alex Butler, SCDES
Edisto Basin Water-Demand Projections – Alex Pellett, SCDES
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Meeting #4
September 9th, 2020
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Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Water Resources of the Edisto Basin – Scott Harder, SCDES
Connection between Surface Water and Groundwater – Bruce Campbell, USGS
Low-Flow Statistics in South Carolina – Toby Feaster, USGS
Process Metrics – John Boyer, CDM Smith Inc.
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Meeting #3
August 19th, 2020
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Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Edisto RBC Survey Results/Breakout Discussions – John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
Surface Water Permitting and Registrations/Groundwater Permitting – Rob Devlin & Alex Butler, SCDES
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Meeting #2
July 15th, 2020
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Meeting Summary
Presentations:
Planning Framework Overview – Scott Harder, SCDES
Review of RBC Bylaws – John Boyer, CDM Smith, Inc.
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Meeting #1
June 17th, 2020
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Meeting Summary
Purpose of River Basin Planning - SCDES Presentations
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