South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 5 - Groundwater Use And Reporting Act
Section 49-5-10. Short title.

This chapter may be cited as the Groundwater Use and Reporting Act.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-31; 1969 (56) 640; 1990 Act No. 585, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1246; 2000 Act No. 366, Section 2.

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Structure South Carolina Code of Laws

South Carolina Code of Laws

Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage

Chapter 5 - Groundwater Use And Reporting Act

Section 49-5-10. Short title.

Section 49-5-20. Legislative declaration of policy.

Section 49-5-30. Definitions.

Section 49-5-40. Department to establish groundwater management program; withdrawers to register sources and report use.

Section 49-5-50. Department to monitor groundwater withdrawals; notice of construction of new well or increase in capacity of existing well; public notice.

Section 49-5-60. Capacity use area designation; notice and public hearing; development of groundwater management plan; groundwater withdrawal permits; appeals; grounds for reversal or modification.

Section 49-5-70. Exemptions.

Section 49-5-80. Registration of groundwater withdrawers; new wells.

Section 49-5-90. Reports of quantity of water withdrawn; methods for determining quantity.

Section 49-5-100. Permits; temporary permits; revocation; process for public participation in permitting process to be developed; contested case hearing.

Section 49-5-110. Powers of department.

Section 49-5-120. Violations of chapter or regulation; civil and criminal penalties.

Section 49-5-130. Wells not requiring pumps; restriction of flow; promulgation of regulations.

Section 49-5-140. Effect of chapter on rights of use of surface water.

Section 49-5-150. Existing capacity use areas.