More than a dozen creeks and rivers across South Carolina face being depleted of water in the next 45 years if industries, farms and utilities take all the water they’ve been permitted to use under a much criticized South Carolina law.
That’s a key message in a state report that examines the demand for water in South Carolina, a growing state that leaders say needs to properly manage rivers, lakes, streams and groundwater.
The report includes extensive data about water use now and what’s projected in the future as greater demands are put on rivers, groundwater, lakes and streams for agriculture, drinking and economic development. The report results from a committee commissioned last year by Gov. Henry McMaster…