DHEC allowing entity to dump raw sewage in South Carolina’s rivers
It is situations like these were your voice, your individual SC citizen voice can have an impact.
Kevin Fisher at Free Times reports:
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is making a mockery of both components of its name, abandoning not only public health but also our area’s river environment with a proposed ruling in favor of the long-polluting utility known as Carolina Water Service.
… local and state government entities have failed for two decades to stop Carolina Water Service from routinely discharging contaminated wastewater into the Lower Saluda River near the I-20 bridge.
Moving the story from unbelievable to unconscionable is the fact that the problem could have been solved long ago by Carolina Water Service simply sending its wastewater discharge into a sewer line that is only 100 yards from its plant, rather than dumping it into the Saluda River.
In turn, moving the regulatory authorities involved in the story from unconscionable to unconscious is the fact they did nothing to enforce the law for over two decades, allowing Carolina Water Service to continue polluting the river in spite of having been required to connect to the sewer system.
In turn again, moving the current DHEC regulators from unconscious to brain-dead, is the fact that not only is DHEC still failing to enforce the law and its own past rulings, but has instead proposed a new — and more lenient — operating permit for Carolina Water Service. In addition to enabling rather than preventing water pollution at the state level, the new permit would also undercut the federal lawsuit filed by the Congaree Riverkeeper organization to force compliance with existing law.
Learned enough? If not, there is more on this story at the link above.
The public hearing on DHEC’s proposed sellout, er permit, for Carolina Water Service is set for 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 25 at the DHEC Auditorium, 2600 Bull St.
Show up. Speak out. Stop them.
I don’t see any contact info in the story, and I’m not exactly sure who at DHEC to contact, but here is the general contact info:
Email – [email protected]
Telephone – (803) 898-DHEC (3432)
and … Doesn’t Nikki Haley appoint the DHEC agency head? The Governor’s office contact is:
803.734.2100
and CLICK HERE to leave a comment for the Governor.
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