Author Archives: Mary Edna
ACE Basin and the Gas Industry
Our Lowcountry is threatened by the gas industry. Dominion Energy and the state-owned utility Santee Cooper want to convert an inactive coal-fired power plant in Colleton County to natural gas. The station, generally known as the “Canadys Station” is located along the Edisto River! The Edisto River is the only wild undammed river left in the […]
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“It’s a broken system.” Septic tanks are polluting our waterways.
Charleston Waterkeeper has been taking water quality measurements from our dock on James Island Creek for quite a while, and the bacterial contamination in the water almost always makes it unsafe for recreational swimming. The attached article from the Post & Courier highlights the ongoing issues of overdevelopment and lax sewage regulations. https://www.postandcourier.com/news/septic-tank-failures-coastal-south-carolina/article_6cfbdcda-c6a1-11ee-aa80-d3f4019351fc.html
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The Mark Clark Extention Project