South Carolina Code 49-5-50. Department to monitor groundwater withdrawals; notice of construction of new well or increase in capacity of existing well; public notice
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(A) The department shall assess, notice, and monitor groundwater withdrawals in this State pursuant to this chapter.
(B) A groundwater withdrawer or proposed groundwater withdrawer outside of a designated capacity use area in the Coastal Plain shall notify the department of its intent to construct a new well, or increase the rated capacity of an existing well, at least thirty days before initiating the action. This notification must be made on forms provided by the department.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 49-5-50
- Coastal Plain: means :
(a) all of Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Orangeburg, Sumter, and Williamsburg counties; and
(b) those portions of Chesterfield, Edgefield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland, and Saluda counties east or southeast of the fall line as identified on the best available geologic map. See South Carolina Code 49-5-30 - Department: means the Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 49-5-30
- Groundwater: means water in the void spaces of geologic materials within the zone of saturation. See South Carolina Code 49-5-30
- Groundwater withdrawer: means a person withdrawing groundwater in excess of three million gallons during any one month from a single well or from multiple wells under common ownership within a one-mile radius from any one existing or proposed well. See South Carolina Code 49-5-30
- Rated capacity: means the amount, in gallons per minute (gpm), of groundwater that is capable of being withdrawn from the completed well with the pump installed. See South Carolina Code 49-5-30
- Well: means an excavation that is cored, bored, drilled, jetted, dug, or otherwise constructed for the purpose of locating, testing, or withdrawing groundwater or for evaluating, testing, developing, draining, or recharging a groundwater reservoir or aquifer or that may control, divert, or otherwise cause the movement of groundwater from or into an aquifer. See South Carolina Code 49-5-30
(C) The department shall develop a process for notifying potentially affected existing withdrawers and the public of all notices received pursuant to subsection (B).