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Winyah Bay is a coastal estuary that is the confluence of the Waccamaw River, the Pee Dee River, the Black River, and the Sampit River in Georgetown County, in eastern South Carolina. Its name comes from the Winyah people, who inhabited the region during the eighteenth century.
The article, posted on CNN on April 7, 2009 stated "Excess levels of sewage waste threaten the drinking water of more than 500,000 South Carolina residents, conservationists say. Sewage in the river increases phosphorus and algae levels, depletes oxygen, and kills fish and other aquatic life.
Construction of the Santee Cooper Regional Water System can provide millions of gallons of potable water per day to the surrounding five counties centered about Santee. The system was coordinated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and funded by the Army Corps of Engineers, USEPA, and the South Carolina Department of Commerce. The plant was ...
The Little Pee Dee runs its entire length through coastal lands of low relief that are pockmarked with Carolina bays. Down river from Dillon, South Carolina is Little Pee Dee State Park. Adjacent to this is the Little Pee Dee Heritage Preserve which is a Carolina bay that has been preserved as natural as possible.
Colleton County is a county in the Lowcountry region of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,604. [1] Its county seat is Walterboro. [2] The county is named after Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet, [3] one of the eight Lords Proprietor of the Province of Carolina. After two previous incarnations, the ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in South Carolina designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. . The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations
DeBordieu Colony, DeBordieu Beach or simply DeBordieu is a private, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States.The name itself have roots in French, meaning "coastal border" or "edge of water". [4]
Bleachery Water Treatment Plant is a historic water treatment plant located at Rock Hill, South Carolina.It was built in 1930, and is a one-story brick building and filtration/purification facility in the Colonial Revival style.