January 3, 2022 SCDNR is pleased to announce the release of our yearly water resource report entitled:, Potentiometric Surface of the Crouch Branch Aquifer in South Carolina, November-December 2020, . The report includes a map and a description of groundwater conditions observed during late 2020 for the Crouch Branch Aquifer. The report can be found, here, . For more information please contact Brooke Czwartacki (, czwartackib@dnr.sc.gov, ).
January 3, 2022 The next Edisto River Basin Council meeting has been scheduled for January 19th, 2022, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM (, draft agenda, ). Due to the recent surge in Covid cases, the Council will meet via a virtual format. To request virtual meeting access information, please contact Scott Harder (, harders@dnr.sc.gov, ).
November 30, 2021 The next Edisto River Basin Council meeting has been scheduled for December 15th, 2021, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (, draft agenda, ) at the Clemson Edisto Research and Education Center. The public may attend in-person or virtually. To request virtual meeting access information, please contact Scott Harder (, harders@dnr.sc.gov, ).
October 28, 2021 The next Edisto River Basin Council meeting has been scheduled for November 17th, 2021, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM (, draft agenda, ) at the Clemson Edisto Research and Education Center. The public may attend in-person or virtually. To request virtual meeting access information, please contact Scott Harder (, harders@dnr.sc.gov, ).
October 6, 2021 A new, web application, providing information on the hydrogeologic framework of the South Carolina Coastal Plain has been released. Fourteen cross sections showing the distribution of the major aquifers of the Coastal Plain can be viewed, along with geophysical data, water level data, and detailed lithologic descriptions of cores that were used to develop the framework.
October 6, 2021 SCDNR will host two public meetings on November 8th in Columbia and on November 9th in Spartanburg to kick-off river basin planning activities in the Broad River Basin. An overview of the South Carolina State Water Planning Framework will be presented and applications for the Broad River Basin Council will be solicited. Similar information will be presented at each meeting. For…, Broad Basin Planning page, .
September 22, 2021 The next Edisto River Basin Council meeting has been scheduled for October 20th, 2021, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM (, agenda, ) at the Clemson Edisto Research and Education Center. The public may attend in-person or virtually. To request virtual meeting access information, please contact Scott Harder (, harders@dnr.sc.gov, ).
August 20, 2021 The next Edisto River Basin Council meeting has been scheduled for September 15th, 2021, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM (, agenda, ) at the Clemson Edisto Research and Education Center. The public may attend in-person or virtually. To request virtual meeting access information, please contact Scott Harder (, harders@dnr.sc.gov, ).
August 10, 2021 SCDNR is pleased to announce the release of a new report, SCDNR Groundwater Monitoring Network Status Report, July 2014 through June 2019, . The report presents an overview of the agency’s statewide network of groundwater monitoring wells and describes the numerous additions and other changes to the network that occurred during the five-year period from July 2014 to June 2019. For more information, please contact Andrew Wachob (, wachoba@dnr.sc.gov, ).
August 4, 2021 SCDNR is pleased to announce the award of new funding to complete River Basin Plans for the Broad and Pee Dee basins. Planning activities in the Broad basin will begin in the Fall of 2021 through several public meetings and the solicitation of River Basin Council members. Planning activities in the Pee Dee basin will begin in early 2022. Please visit the SCDNR Water Planning…, https://des.sc.gov/programs/bureau-water/hydrology/water-planning/water-planning-overview, ) for meeting announcements and other updates as well as to learn more about SC’s state and river basin planning process.