Edgefield County WSA

Edgefield County WSA Drinking Water Report Info
The Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority is a body corporate and politic and a Special Purpose District of the province of South Carolina which was made compliant with the arrangements of Act 571 and Joint Resolutions of South Carolina General Assembly, Regular Session of 1967 as changed by Act No. 1192 of the Acts and Joint Resolutions of the South Carolina General Assembly, normal sessions of 1970 (together, the "Demonstration) whereby the Authority is given the capacity to gain, develop and work a waterworks and sewer system inside its administration territory which comprises of all of Edgefield County and a little zone in the southwestern corner of Aiken County verged on the eastern option to proceed of U.S. Highway 25 and on the south by the southern option to proceed of Interstate 20. Under different understandings, Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority has enabled other water suppliers to serve certain little territories inside its administration territory. Comparable understandings are set up that permit Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority to serve clients situated outside the fringes of its doled out help zone. The Authority's just crude water source is the Savannah River. The crude water admission is found roughly one mile south of the Water Treatment Plant on Delaughter Drive in North Augusta, S.C. The admission is on the eastern side of the river, only downstream of the Steven's Creek Dam and upstream of the Augusta City Lock and Dam. At present the Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority is allowed a withdrawal of 11.0 MGD by the U.S. Armed force Corps of Engineers. An Inter-Basin Transfer license given by DHEC's Bureau of Water expresses that Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority is approved to pull back a limit of 11.0 MGD from the Upper Savannah River bowl for use and move to the Lower Savannah River bowl and the Edisto River bowl. The Inter-Basin move grant is legitimate through July 1, 2025. As of now the majority of the water pulled back from the Savannah River by the Authority eventually stays in the Savannah River bowl, except for wastewater that is treated at the Authority's Johnston Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Authority's Water Treatment Plant was initially worked in 1974 with a 4.4 MGD license capacity and was updated in 2010 to a 8.85 MGD grant capacity. The State Primary Drinking Water Regulations set gauges for the activity and support of public water systems. As a major aspect of these guidelines, public water systems are required to get ready for the extension of the water plant and set up a fundamental designing report for submittal to SCDHEC when pinnacle month to month request surpass 80% of the water plant's solid capacity. At the point when pinnacle month to month request surpasses 90% of the water plant's dependable capacity, public water systems are required to submit plans and particulars for the development of the water plant alongside an application for a grant to build to the SCDHEC. In the course of the most recent quite a long while the Authority and its counseling architects have inspected populace patterns, and water utilization projections have been created during that time 2015. According to the Act, a seven (7) part Board of Directors oversees the Authority. Each Board Member serves a term of six (6) years. Individuals are delegated by the Governor. The Authority is overseen by the Administrator who thus is mindful to the Board of Directors. The Authority as of now has forty three (43) full time representatives. Edgefield County Water and Sewer Authority gets No Direct assets from duties. The Authority's tasks are supported totally by water and sewer incomes..