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A bacteriological assessment of surface water quality in a small sub-watershed of the Okatee River Basin
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Bureau of Water Pangborn, Nicholas Lachenmyer, Lindsey Wilson, Kay Carter, Lindsey
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Bureau of Water
Pangborn, Nicholas
Lachenmyer, Lindsey
Wilson, Kay
Carter, Lindsey
Abstract
Able Contracting Inc. was a Recovered Material Processing Facility located in Jasper County that collected construction and demolition debris for recycling. The facility had a mound of debris estimated to be 45 feet tall and covered approximately four (4) acres. In June 2019, the accumulated debris caught fire and smoldered, with periodic fire breakouts for several months. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began cleanup efforts in August 2019 to address the ongoing smolder by removing the debris material for proper off-site disposal. The last of the debris pile was cleared on January 6, 2020. This response event became the catalyst for significant interest in the potential effects of the Able Contracting site on the Okatee River. Three (3) principal observations coalesced around the Able site response event that led to the bacteriological assessment reported in this document. Technical Report No. 004-2021.
Issue Date
2021-06
Keywords
Bacteriology--South Carolina, Rivers--South Carolina, Watersheds--South Carolina
Type
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