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South Carolina Catawba/Wateree River Basin Facilities Water Withdrawal Report 2004
Bristol, Paul L. South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Bureau of Water Devlin, Robert J. Baize, David G. Boozer, Alton C.
Bristol, Paul L.
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Bureau of Water
Devlin, Robert J.
Baize, David G.
Boozer, Alton C.
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Abstract
The Catawba/Wateree River Basin begins in South Carolina north of Rock Hill where the Catawba River enters Lake Wylie at the North Carolina border and concludes at the confluence of the Wateree and Congaree Rivers south of Columbia. The basin is comprised of twenty-one (21) watersheds draining approximately 2,322 square miles of land surface in portions of eight (8) counties in the Piedmont, Sandhills, and Upper Coastal Plain physiographic provinces of South Carolina. Approximately 81% of the land is forested/scrub, 12% is agricultural, 4% is urban and 3% is surface water. Three (3) urban centers within the Catawba/Wateree River Basin include the Charlotte-Rock Hill-Gastonia MSA (metropolitan statistical area), Lancaster, and Camden. As with other areas of South Carolina, demand on the water resources is increasing within the basin. In addition to the major urban centers many small municipalities utilize surface waters in the basin for drinking water supplies, while power production, industry, agriculture, and other users concurrently place increasing demands on the water resource.
Issue Date
2006-01
Keywords
Watershed management--South Carolina, Water-supply--South Carolina, Catawba River (N.C. and S.C.), Wateree River (S.C.)
Type
Technical Report
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