A local watchdog group is coming after the Charleston Water System, threatening to sue the utility for not addressing frequent sewage overflows polluting water.
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Has Charleston Water System broken the Clean Water Act by allowing sewage to contaminate local creeks and rivers? Two environmental nonprofits allege it is so.
DHEC is moving forward with approving more detrimentally placed septic systems near South Carolina waterways, without undertaking the required coastal zone review. The agency approved 44 septic tank permits in the White Tract development in Awendaw which is within the boundaries of Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge and adjacent to the Francis Marion National Forest. Part of the tract abuts the Intracoastal Waterway and Sewee Bay.