(A) The department shall assess, notice, and monitor groundwater withdrawals in this State pursuant to this chapter.
(B) A groundwater withdrawer or proposed groundwater withdrawer outside of a designated capacity use area in the Coastal Plain shall notify the department of its intent to construct a new well, or increase the rated capacity of an existing well, at least thirty days before initiating the action. This notification must be made on forms provided by the department.
(C) The department shall develop a process for notifying potentially affected existing withdrawers and the public of all notices received pursuant to subsection (B).
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 70-35; 1969 (56) 640; 1990 Act No. 585, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1246; 2000 Act No. 366, Section 2.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 49 - Waters, Water Resources and Drainage
Chapter 5 - Groundwater Use And Reporting Act
Section 49-5-20. Legislative declaration of policy.
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 Reports of quantity of water withdrawn; methods for determining quantity.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 49-5-110. 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.