Category Archives: United States

Cyrus Buffum replies to our request for more information about fecal contamination in Ellis Creek

In an effort to find greater information from DHEC, DNR, or the EPA about our water quality and if it’s good enough for swimming here on our local creek, we were met with a void. Unsure if it’s safe to swim in our home creek, and feeling alarmed and confused, we wrote to Cyrus Buffum […]
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Fecal coliform a safety concern in our local creek and many waterways in the Charleston Harbor Watershed

Charleston Waterkeeper reported in June 2012 that fifty-one percent of impaired waterways in the Ashley/Cooper River Basin (a.k.a. Charleston Harbor Watershed) are impaired because of fecal coliform.  “The most recent data available shows 52 waterways in the Ashley/Cooper River Basin have poor water quality due to fecal pollution.” Swimming in contaminated water means risking development of […]
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J. Henry Fair’s global perspective

J. Henry Fair is an aerial photographer and environmental activist whose series “Industrial Scars” appeared at Charleston, South Carolina’s Gibbes Museum of Art in 2011. His work is gaining worldwide recognition, including a recent TEDx talk in Berlin. His visually stunning photographs depict disturbing scenes, an idea he calls “dissonance” that endows his big-picture views […]
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