We must be good stewards of our natural Carolina Bays, groundwater and wetlands because they protect water quality and wildlife habitat, and provide flood control, filtration and storage.
The Supreme Court recently ruled that the historic Pollution Control Act of 1972 guarantees that citizens have a say in what happens to the water they depend on for recreation, drinking and their livelihood. The decision requires a permit to discharge pollutants into ground and surface water, including state wetlands, and would protect hundreds of square miles of Carolina Bays and wetlands all over South Carolina that are currently at risk. It is important to uphold the Pollution Control Act in order to protect our valuable waters, allow citizens to protect themselves from pollution, and to prevent DHEC from entering into private deals that allow polluters to damage water resources without public participation in the decision.
Click here to read more about the Polluter Bill, H.4654.
