Category Archives: South Carolina

Victory for the Kiawah Spit

By Celie Dailey | Published: August 27, 2012
The Coastal Conservation League has announced a victory in the battle against the improper development of the Kiawah Spit. In their 25th anniversary publication, South Carolina Environmental Law Project (SCELP) says that they “won a crucial judgment in the South Carolina Supreme Court rejecting the lower court’s decision to permit a 2,783-foot long by 40-foot […]
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Cyrus Buffum replies to our request for more information about fecal contamination in Ellis Creek

By Celie Dailey | Published: August 10, 2012
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

By Celie Dailey | Published: August 9, 2012
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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