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S.C. Code Ann. § 49-5-80

Registration of groundwater withdrawers; new wells

Known as the Groundwater Use and Reporting Act

The act spans §§ 49–49 (15 sections).

1962 Code SECTION 70-39; 1969 (56) 640; 1990 Act No. 585, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1246; 2000 Act No. 366, SECTION 2.

(A) An existing groundwater withdrawer in the State shall register its groundwater withdrawal and subsequent use with the department on forms provided by the department no later than January 1, 2000.

(B) A new groundwater withdrawer in the State shall register its groundwater withdrawal and subsequent use with the department on forms provided by the department before becoming a groundwater withdrawer.

(C) A groundwater withdrawer shall register any additional wells within thirty days after initiating use of the wells.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.