South Carolina Water Use Report Summaries

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The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (DES) is tasked with the management of South Carolina’s water resources under the South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal and Reporting Act, §49-4-10, et. seq., and the South Carolina Groundwater Use and Reporting Act, §49-5-10 et. seq. These regulations require water users who withdraw three (3) million gallons or greater in any month to register with and report their use annually to the Water Quantity Permitting Section at DES. The water use data is compiled in a database and evaluated to determine how water is utilized state-wide. This data is shared between local, state, and federal regulatory and scientific agencies to share knowledge and understanding of the resource and the current state of demand. This database is utilized within the Department for critical water management decisions and even water use conflict resolutions. Statistics presented in this report represent self-reported data from registered and permitted users within the Water Quantity Permitting Section.

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    South Carolina Water Use Report 2023 Summary
    (South Carolina State Library, 2024-11) Hartley, Hannah; Clark, Ann R.; Koon, Joseph M.; Monroe, Leigh Anne R.; South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, Bureau of Water
    The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (DES) is tasked with the management of South Carolina’s water resources under the South Carolina Surface Water Withdrawal and Reporting Act, §49-4-10, et. seq., and the South Carolina Groundwater Use and Reporting Act, §49-5-10 et. seq. These regulations require water users who withdraw three (3) million gallons or greater in any month to register with and report their use annually to the Water Quantity Permitting Section at DES. The water use data is compiled in a database and evaluated to determine how water is utilized state-wide. This data is shared between local, state, and federal regulatory and scientific agencies to share knowledge and understanding of the resource and the current state of demand. This database is utilized within the Department for critical water management decisions and even water use conflict resolutions. Statistics presented in this report represent self-reported data from registered and permitted users within the Water Quantity Permitting Section. Water use from private domestic wells, small surface water irrigation pond intakes, facilities that do not meet the reporting threshold, or data from facilities failing to report their annual water use are not included in this annual summary. For the year 2023, compliance of reporting sources was greater than 99%.