Category Archives: South Carolina

Monitoring Pollution in James Island Creek

By Mary Edna | Published: May 17, 2019
In 2012 I started getting sick when I swam in James Island Creek. After visiting every local group, Charleston Waterkeeper came to the rescue and began its program of monitoring the water off our dock. Years of sampling data and advocacy now has a TDML (total maximum daily load) goal set by DHEC to reduce […]
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Help us prevent huge dock on Ellis Creek

By Mary Edna | Published: November 7, 2018
We need 20 letters to help us get a public hearing to prevent the building of a huge dock on Ellis Creek (right across from Mary Edna and the Doctor Babe.) Please email a letter of your own, including your home address in signature, to Sarah E. Reed at reeds2@dhec.sc.gov and feel free to copy the text […]
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Victory for Captain Sams Spit

By Anna Kate Lister | Published: April 23, 2018
Last week: “The S.C. Supreme Court dealt a striking blow to the Kiawah developers by reversing the Administrative Law Judge’s authorization of the 2,513 foot long bulkhead along the banks of the Kiawah River at Captain Sams Spit! Kiawah Development Partners wanted this vertical wall and an associated revetment in order to facilitate the development […]
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