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Tools Fork Watershed Plan : Summer 2024
South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, Bureau of Water, State Revolving Fund
South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, Bureau of Water, State Revolving Fund
Abstract
A watershed is an area of land that channels rainfall and occasionally snowmelt to streams and rivers. All land is part of a watershed, and watersheds do not follow jurisdictional boundaries. Watersheds play a pivotal role in collecting, filtering, and supplying water to ecosystems and human communities. Watershed Plans serve as a roadmap to maintain and improve watershed health by providing voluntary recommendations to address known water quality impairments within the watershed. By promoting sustainable land and water management practices, this Watershed Plan seeks to address bacterial, sediment, and nutrient pollution, and help improve low dissolved oxygen (DO) levels within the Tools Fork Watershed (HUC 030501030401). The goal is to ensure that both natural ecosystems and human communities can thrive and coexist harmoniously. One of the biggest benefits of creating a Watershed Plan is that it makes the watershed eligible for state and federal grants to address pollution problems in the watershed. One of those funding sources is the Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Program. These are federal monies that are awarded by the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (DES) to support public education, technical training, and management measures to improve water quality.
Issue Date
2024-09
Keywords
Watershed management--South Carolina, Watersheds--South Carolina
Type
Document
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